tracking down a Rob Grant quote

[evilmorwen]

I just did a majorish rewrite of the Wikipedia article about Rob Grant. It previously had the sentence.

“His main reason however, he said, was that he “wished to have more on his ‘tombstone’ than ”Red Dwarf” on its own”.”

I want to put this back, if I can source it properly – which means either finding the interview or other material where he said this; or finding Doug or whoever saying that he’d said it, or had that attitude. Does anyone happen to know where he or someone else who would know, actually said it?

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[Warbodog]

I’ve found it in a news article from 1998, but it seems like he said it a few times: https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/5313902.well-red-dwarf/

“I just wanted to move on. I didn’t want Red Dwarf to be the only thing on my tombstone.”

[Warbodog]

Additionally, Doug said in the Writers’ Gym podcast linked today that he and Rob didn’t split due to creative differences as is often claimed. But “musical differences” was another common Rob quote, as seen in this interview with someone called Johathan Capps on a website that my browser thinks isn’t safe: http://www.robgrant.co.uk/Rob_Grant/Interviews/Entries/2007/5/12_Interview_for_a_fan_website_run_by_Jonathan_Capps.html

[evilmorwen]

I’ve found it in a news article from 1998, but it seems like he said it a few times: https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/5313902.well-red-dwarf/
“I just wanted to move on. I didn’t want Red Dwarf to be the only thing on my tombstone.”

thanks, that’s great!

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