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" I love 'Manhattan', and I know it's not one of Woody's favorites. "

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" In filming, you're waiting - you're waiting for lights, you're waiting for people to set things up - and when you're not waiting, you're repeating. "

" Obviously, if people love a movie, and it has the possibility of continuation, then there is going to be a question of whether it's worth doing another one. There's also cynicism and skepticism about sequels. "

" In this case it appealed to me partly because it felt close to me in some ways. This is about a confused, bewildered middle class Englishman adrift in smalltown America and that has definitely been me. "

" I don't want to sound smug but I am reasonably satisfied with how it's gone. I think it's fine. "

" I backpacked through France and Italy in my teens, and then I was at Cannes with the first movie I did in '84. "

" The only reason I'm in 'Kingsman' is because Matthew enjoys playing with the unexpected. I'm not playing Harry Hart because I'm the butchest actor in Britain. I'm playing it because he said I'm the last person anyone would expect to see in that role! "

" We've always been involved with America - I have a son who lives there and it's a big part of my life. "

" They're not bombarding me with offers, although the ones that have come along have been too preposterous to contemplate, so it's not as if I spend every day resisting $20 million pay cheques. "

" Growing up, my mates and I would have rather been Sid Vicious or members of the Royal Family. "

" I have a very long relationship with America. My mother grew up there and I felt to some extent that I partly belong there. I was schooled there briefly for about a year. "

" I'm not patient, and some things drive me crazy. In my work, I get incredibly upset when people don't get it right or don't respect others' needs. "

" I enjoy playing Mr. Darcy, but I'm not hungry to play Mark Darcy again. "

" We all know the dangers of sequels. Lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place too often, and I think you've got to move beyond it, go the extra mile and have the courage not to just repeat the first one. "

" People coming up and saying something nice is always welcome. But when you're being secretly photographed, that's not so nice. I would rather shake hands with someone and exchange a few words than take a selfie. "

" My grandmother was a minister as well, which was not that common in the 1930s. "

" I would definitely do TV, at the drop of a hat, if I was offered a good role. "

" As much as the next person, I want to be approved of, but I'm not greedy for that stuff. "

" One of my grandfathers, actually, having gone out there as a minister, decided he would better serve the people as a doctor. So at a very late age - at the age of 38 in fact - he changed course and decided to become a doctor. "

" I was in a lake in 'Love Actually', and I was attacked by some hideous aquatic beast and was rushed to the hospital by a man named Rafael! Something stung my elbow, and it blew up to the size of a tennis ball. "

" Something like 'A Single Man,' it was tiny; it was financed by one guy. We all lost money doing it. "

" I think that, often, actors represent what they're not. You get people who define the aristocracy who are not aristocratic - they're lower-middle class or working class. An awful lot of your so-called angry young actors have grown up in extreme bourgeois comfort. It really is surprisingly common. "

" Hollywood hasn't aggressively pursued me. Neither have I aggressively pursued Hollywood. "

" If you don't mind haunting the margins, I think there is more freedom there. "

" I've gotten involved in producing now, so the kinds of things that are more my own choice are more possible in that field because I don't have to be castable. I can actually get involved in getting stories off the ground that no one would ask me to be in because I'm the wrong age, the wrong sex, the wrong nationality, or whatever. "

" Bridget Jones is part of literary lore now and actually to be a part of it is enormously flattering. "

" Almost every comedy you see is about people making all wrong choices and making all the errors of judgement possible. Good comedy is when it works on this scale. Because it is psychologically very real. "

" I can't imagine seeing Batman in black and white. It was such a colourful TV series. I know. I'm ancient. It wasn't abnormal to be without a television in those days. People who had colour were special. "

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" I haven't had to struggle very much. I haven't paid my dues. I think I have been lucky. "

" I think it's quite extraordinary that people cast me as if I'm Warren Beatty: until I met my present wife, at the age of 35, you could name two girlfriends. "

" If you play a role, you want to familiarize yourself with that person's world. If I were playing an airline pilot or a doctor, I'd probably want to hang out with a doctor or an airplane pilot for a while, ask some questions. You don't get to hang out the kings. They don't help consult on movies. So your resources are, by necessity, secondary. "