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" I'm a terrible vacillator; I can be sure of something one day and change my mind the next. "

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" All I know is for a number of years, if someone like me called police for a burglary, a mugging, or something happened to me, chances are that a photographer or reporter would turn up before a policeman. "

" I think I'm rather young and sprightly, but then you see pictures of yourself and think, 'Who is that old man?' and I realise I'm not as young as I thought I was. "

" 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. "

" Brexit was a fantastic example of a nation shooting itself full in the face. "

" At home, I hardly ever leave London. I don't like the countryside in England. "

" My contemporary art collection began with just needing to put things on the wall. I was looking around my Victorian house thinking, 'What would be the coolest is contemporary art - it will make me look young and interesting.' I'm more than 80 percent skeptical of the whole thing. "

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

" Strangely enough I'm better on a stage. I love that I feel like I blossom in front of a whole bunch of people. "

" Love scenes are extremely difficult. You're always within a millimeter of sentimentality and 'yuck.' "

" I don't want to see the end of popular print journalism. "

" Some newspapers in Britain have become closer to these kind of mafia families. They wield an incredible power. They choose our governments, they choose our prime ministers, and they live above the law. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Like lots of people who say, 'I'm going to write a novel,' it's actually more comfortable to think I could write a novel than to discover that you can't. "

" I don't hate L.A., but I'm nervous about becoming one of those people who has a ferocious interest in how films did at the box office that weekend and, you know, would want to meet for egg-white omelets in the morning. "

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

" It's always more fun to be an anti-hero. They're more interesting. "

" It's very rare in life to be sure about something - particularly when it's an issue. "

" I've always dreaded the sea - in fact, I get terribly seasick. "

" I certainly hated actors and, more importantly, they hated me. "

" My mother was a teacher. "

" The emphasis in 'Notting Hill' was perhaps, I thought, slightly more on the romance than on the comedy. But I think 'Mickey Blue Eyes' is maybe slightly more on the comedy. And the tone on 'Mickey Blue Eyes,' it's a far sillier film. "

" I just don't believe in love at first sight anymore, even though I've based my whole career on the concept. In my experience, power, money and influence always attract the opposite sex. It's something that I've always exploited - with good results. "

" As it is, I have a limited range as an actor - light comedy. I have never been a fan of romantic comedies, and yet that is what I have ended up mostly doing. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I slightly lost my enthusiasm for most acting, but I've done some little bits and pieces - curiosities. "

" When I finished my degree at Oxford, I went and acted for a bit. And I was appalling. And with each part, I thought, 'Well, that's embarrassing. I'd better do one more to show people I'm not that bad.' And, in fact, instead of a taking a year, that's gone on for 35 years. "