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" I had a kiss with Raquel Welch's daughter - she was a very naughty kisser. "

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" If every play was three weeks, I'd do lots of plays. It's just the idea of six months, I think, that might drive me a bit nuts. "

" Broadly speaking, there are two kinds of acting: character acting and lead acting. And in my life, to begin with, in the 1980s, it was all character acting. And then when, by fluke, through 'Four Weddings', I got into doing lead parts, it's a completely different thing. "

" Women are frightening. If you get to 41 as a man, you're quite battle-scarred. "

" 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. "

" With 2 movies opening this summer, I have no relaxing time at all. Whatever I have is spent in a drunken stupor. "

" I've driven people mad on films that I've made - I want more takes; I want to try new lines. Then I want to interfere in the editing process, and I want to interfere in the advertising process - everything, everything. Pretty much Barbra Streisand in trousers, I am! "

" I don't do much acting anymore anyway, and not to work for 20th Century Fox is really the least of my worries. "

" Although I'm largely doing other things in life, it's very nice occasionally to put my toe back in the waters of show business. "

" I wasn't aware I was trading on my good name; I've never had a good name. "

" I look at life and I see some very happy relationships, but I also see the vast majority as not being that happy. "

" Neither Elizabeth or I are keen to do a real-life couple on the screen. It's not very electric. "

" I have no doubt that I'd be a marvelous father. Maybe not when they're tiny, but when they're a little bit older, I think I'd be rather good. "

" Courage is soldiers fighting on the front line, or people living on the bread line. "

" I couldn't put my hand on my heart and say I think that being in a relationship is a natural state for a human being. "

" 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. "

" I'm a terrible actor. I'm still learning. When I first started, I wish I knew then to trust myself more, really. I was in a terrible panic in the early part of my career. "

" If you have a smothering parent, the effect it can apparently have on a child is to give them, in equal doses, a sense of too much self-esteem, because they are mummy's little princess or prince, and low self-esteem. It affects future relationships. "

" I get more satisfaction out of comedy stuff. I'm a laugh tart. I make no secret of that fact. "

" For a few years, I thought I was putting show business behind me. I was busy doing other things in life, particularly with politics. I was not out looking for films, really. I lost interest. "

" 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. "

" I'm horrible in the mornings. I'm grumpy. "

" I'm quite proud of some of the films I've done, but less for the acting than for the fact that they're unpretentious and entertaining. I'm proud of having made unpretentious choices. "

" I always admire the French and the Italians who are very devoted to their marriages. They take them extremely seriously, but it is understood that there might be other visitors at 5 o'clock in the afternoon. You just never boast about. They never say anything, but that's what keeps marriages together. "

" I dreaded the dance scene in 'Love Actually' more than having my teeth extracted. "

" 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! "

" Japanese women have always loved my films, even when no one else did. Ever since I made 'Maurice' in the 1980s, I've been getting hundreds of letter from Japanese girls. They definitely have a special place in my heart. "

" I think there's something unromantic about marriage. You're closing yourself off. "

" My whole history of being an actor is unusual and slightly disgraceful because it should be something you burn to do. "

" Plus, teaching brings home to you very fast that you actually know nothing. I didn't realize that before. "

" I'm such a chronic relativist, I can't hold down a strong opinion about many things long enough. "