Bob Hoskins interview: 'My own mum wouldn't call me pretty'

The actor Bob Hoskins, once likened to 'a testicle on legs', is very much in touch with his feminine side. In fact, it could be the only thing keeping him sane... Bob Hoskins photographed in 2009 Photo: Jim Naughten Bob Hoskins in his 1980 film debut, 'The Long Good Friday' Bob Hoskins and his wife, Linda Photo: Steve Russell/AP Lovely scented soap, that’s what Bob Hoskins likes about this restaurant around the corner from his house in North London. I know this because when he returns from what Americans call the bathroom he says: 'They have lovely scented soap ’ere.’ He doesn’t call it a bathroom, by the way, even though he has spent a lot of time in Hollywood working with the likes of Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Spielberg and Oliver Stone. 'I reached a point where they said you may as well live here, Bob. It’s where the... [read full story]                    

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