All Hugh Grant Quotes
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.
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But when you're a celebrity, you discover that you're no longer the pursuer, but the one being pursued. That's one of the disappointments I have had since becoming a single man.
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I find it hard to understand why Scorsese has never called. You know, given the natural menace I bring to the screen.
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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.
Hugh Grant
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Neither Elizabeth or I are keen to do a real-life couple on the screen. It's not very electric.
Hugh Grant
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I cling to the fantasy that I could have done something more creative. Like actually writing a script, or writing a book. But the awful truth is that I... probably can't!
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And film acting is incredibly tedious, just by its nature. It's incredibly, mind numbingly slow.
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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.
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When I think about actors I know, I'd much rather hear about who they're shagging than what film they're doing next.
Hugh Grant
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The only reason my work seems to be eclectic up to a certain period is because I was a failure as an actor.
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For any new technology there is always controversy and there always some fear associated with it. I think that's just the price of being first sometimes.
Hugh Grant
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I don't particularly like babies. I don't mind them for about four minutes. That's my max. After that I can't quite see what everyone's fussing about.
Hugh Grant
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I don't think there's much point in putting me a deep, dark, heavy, emotional film because there are people who do it so much better than I do.
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