Hugh Grant Quotations

And I particularly like the whole thing of being boss. Boss and employee... It's the slave quality that I find very alluring.

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.

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

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

I don't have any particular burning desire to go back to being cuddly. Not really.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

I'm a laugh tart. I make no secret of that fact.

I quite like Pilates now. I have a Pilates girl in every city.

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

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.

You know everyone loves to be the villain.

My laziness is really profound. I'm really interested in where it comes from - it almost feels chemical. And we've all got ADD now, short attention span and all that.

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 find it hard to understand why Scorsese has never called. You know, given the natural menace I bring to the screen.

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.

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.

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

I think maybe in a way it gets worse because you come in with a real reputation and they've paid you lots of money and all that.

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

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

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

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

The only reason my work seems to be eclectic up to a certain period is because I was a failure as an actor.

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

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 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'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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

When I think about actors I know, I'd much rather hear about who they're shagging than what film they're doing next.

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.

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.

Lifting of the ban is the first step. But with the labeling, the glass remains half full, half empty.

Simon Cowell, I have met him at a couple of parties. But I don't know him at all, really, and this part is not based on him aside from the fact that I am a judge on a talent show that's massively popular and I am very cruel. There the resemblance stops. The part really is a creation of writer/director Paul Weitz and his warped vision of me.

But the difference between a good film and real life is that in real life, there's the next day, the next year, the next lifetime to contemplate the ruinous consequences of easy applause.

But Europe has redefined and redesigned the regulatory architecture and the last year we saw the beginnings of products being approved. I passionately hope we will see that pace picking up.

He is a ridiculous character as well. He thinks he?s way cooler and more fascinating than he really is.

I whimper like a little girl.' - when he has bad dreams

I was thinking on the plane yesterday how pathetic it is to be dreading the read-through after 25 films and 18 years of acting. I mean real terror.

We understand that the adoption of a policy is an important step forward for our business and our industry.

When I was younger, the great excitement of pursuing women was the sense of seduction and romance and chase,

When you do this for five years in a row, it's no longer luck. It's a trend line.

Corn farmers in the United States recognize the tremendous value and performance that Monsanto's insect-protected and herbicide-tolerant traits are providing to their farms. This season, we are seeing strong order patterns in our corn traits business, and early indications also reinforce that the company's value-pricing model is expected to drive penetration of our corn traits.

I've been through hundreds of people working for us because I fancy them all - there is something wrong with me. I like that whole thing about being the boss.

The Virgin Suicides score is really good. Lots of Air. And About A Boy , that Hugh Grant movie, has lots of cool stuff by Badly Drawn Boy. I had it on my Christmas list one year and my parents didn't get it because they thought I was kidding

Sandy is in love with me, and I really like Sandy, but for me it's just a sex thing,

For five years or six years, almost nothing happened in Europe, there was a de facto moratorium where products weren't approved,

It's great when you can put that crop into your gas tank. With $70 oil, bio-ethanol is here to stay.

I know there's a bit of us that would like me to do a Hugh Grant in 'Love Actually' and tell America where to get off,

I had a huge crush on Olga Korbut, the gymnast. The only other person was Cliff Richard, which is embarrassing - it means that when I was seven I had bad taste and was presumably gay.

How do people find the time to work?

In the last couple of weeks I have seen the ads for the Wonder Bra. Is that really a problem in this country? Men not paying enough attention to women’s breasts?

I play the sort of character who would sell his grandmother for career advancement, something I've come across a lot with actors.

I love in Notting Hill. You live in Beverly Hills. Everyone in the world knows who you are. My mother has trouble remembering my name.

My dad used to have to open the second bottle of wine in the loo in case Mum heard the cork coming out.

I've always enjoyed sex scenes, though you're not really supposed to. The classic answer is, 'Oh, it's not sexy at all because there are so many technicians standing around.' But I've always found them extremely arousing.

There is space in the supermarket shelf for all of us.

I could do with more mobbing. Particularly from women. I'd like to be treated like Ricky Martin.

Now [after doing Pilates], I have muscles of steel and could easily deal with giving birth.

My grandmother was utterly convinced I'd wind up as the Archbishop of Canterbury. And, to be honest, I've never entirely ruled it out.

I just don't believe in love at first sight any more, even though I've based my whole career on the concept.

I don't win a lot of prizes, especially at home. Thank you France.