I think that's the whole point of Bridget Jones. It's all about that it's okay to fail.
— Hugh Grant
Neither Elizabeth or I are keen to do a real-life couple on the screen. It's not very electric.
The only reason my work seems to be eclectic up to a certain period is because I was a failure as an actor.
Well, you know I have an office, my film offices. So I know that syndrome. I fancy offices, so there must be something wrong with me. Even the window cleaner intrigues me. It's a very sexy environment.
The moral of filmmaking in Britain is that you will be screwed by the weather.
I'm a laugh tart. I make no secret of that fact.
Plus, teaching brings home to you very fast that you actually know nothing. I didn't realize that before.
The reason I turn down 99% of a hundred, I mean a thousand, scripts is because romantic comedies are often very romantic but seldom very funny.
When I think about actors I know, I'd much rather hear about who they're shagging than what film they're doing next.
With 2 movies opening this summer, I have no relaxing time at all. Whatever I have is spent in a drunken stupor.
Most actors really love it, that's what they want to do. They burn to do it. And so they'll read a script and think, that's an interesting part. And because they love acting, that blinds them to the fact that the rest of it is pretentious nonsense, which it very often is.
Strangely enough I'm better on a stage. I love that I feel like I blossom in front of a whole bunch of people.
The truth is, I'd never seen a Cary Grant film. Since then I have watched his stuff and it's astounding, but I don't see any similarity between us. Except for the fact that I'm told he used to wear ladies' underwear, which is something I also do.
You know everyone loves to be the villain.
