“ 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. Hugh Grant
“ 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 cra… Hugh Grant
“ 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. Hugh Grant
“ 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 omele… Hugh Grant
“ I'm not a hopeless romantic. I'm quite the reverse. I'm a nasty piece of work, an ego maniac. Hugh Grant
“ 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. Hugh Grant
“ The only reason my work seems to be eclectic up to a certain period is because I was a failure as an actor. Hugh Grant
“ I've certainly had a bad attitude to my job on many occasions. Not since 'Four Weddings and a Funeral'. I've been rather a good boy and really given it everything when I've accepted a part since then,… Hugh Grant
“ 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. Hugh Grant
“ Frankly, I think I'm marvelous in rehearsal! Then you turn the camera on, and it gets stiff and tight. And then you trudge back to your trailer feeling sad. That's been my experience of film acting. Hugh Grant
“ I used to pre-rehearse everything and then bring my pre-rehearsed performance to the set. Now, I'm learning to let it happen in the moment. American actors are much better at that than British actors.… Hugh Grant
“ 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. Hugh Grant
