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" I've got four houses in my street. I live in two, and the others are empty. I'll buy more as they come up, because I think it would be great to have the entire street. "

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" 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. "

Hugh Grant

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" The angry Scot is a cliche not without some foundation. That's the Lowland Scot - I'm a Highlander. We're particularly lovely and charming. "

" There were various turning points, but the main one at the beginning was that I was going off to do another degree in the history of art. I would have ended up as some art historian at Sotheby's or something. "

" 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. "

Hugh Grant

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" I had Courtney Love's left bosom out of her dress on my plate in front of me. It was extraordinary. I didn't know where to look. "

Hugh Grant

Love

Her

" I was fat-shamed the other day on a British newspaper. The headline was 'Four Bellies and a Turkey Neck.' They weren't wrong. I looked shocking. "

" 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. "

" Basically, my life is so boring, it's embarrassing. "

" 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! "

" At my school, which was all boys, I played almost exclusively lady parts. When I say lady parts, I mean parts that were ladies. To actually play lady parts would be weird, even by English standards. "

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

" 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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See

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

" I'm a great believer in eccentrically-shaped modern families. Because I've seen them work so well. And as long as everyone loves each other, it can work very well. "

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

" 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. "

" If it's a choice between doing a film and not doing a film, I'd rather not. But then, you remember that you're supposed to be earning a living and that it's your career. "

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

Hugh Grant

I Can

One Day

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

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

" I never meant to be in romantic comedies; it's just what ended up happening. But they are tricky, in a post-1960s sexual revolution way. It was easier when you couldn't have sex scenes: everything crackled very nicely. They're not easy. "

" I think that's the whole point of Bridget Jones. It's all about that it's okay to fail. "

" 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. "

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

" But I just know from experience that accent wise, even if you're an accent genius, crossing the Atlantic is the hardest thing in the world either way. "

" 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. "

" And film acting is incredibly tedious, just by its nature. It's incredibly, mind numbingly slow. "

" 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! "

" I frequently dream of having tea with the Queen. "

" The moral of filmmaking in Britain is that you will be screwed by the weather. "