Miriam margolyes stanley tucci biography

In this week's Graham Norton Show on BBC One, Graham meets Oscar-nominated actor Stanley Tucci, Harry Potter star Miriam Margolyes, comedian Jimmy Carr and Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Bruno Mars.

Stanley, talking about his career says: "I like to have a good time on films – I take the acting seriously but I like to have a good time.

If you take yourself too seriously it's deadly."

And on working with Meryl Streep on Julie And Julia he says: "We decided we should cook together ahead of the film so we prepared an overly complicated meal, drank three bottles of wine and made everyone ill."

Complimenting Stanley on his Devil Wears Prada role, Graham says that Stanley, a straight man, has cornered the market playing urbane gay men.

Agreeing, Stanley says: "I know. It's weird and I don't know why, perhaps there is a distance or objectivity that a gay man wouldn't have."

Stanley also reveals that Graham too was up for the movie's gay f