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My mother was a teacher.
I'm horrible in the mornings. I'm grumpy.
You know everyone loves to be the villain.
I'm very unrelaxed doing a newspaper interview.
I frequently dream of having tea with the Queen.
I'm a laugh tart. I make no secret of that fact.
Basically, my life is so boring, it's embarrassing.
There is space in the supermarket shelf for all of us.
I don't want to see the end of popular print journalism.
I've always dreaded the sea - in fact, I get terribly seasick.
I quite like Pilates now. I have a Pilates girl in every city.
I certainly hated actors and, more importantly, they hated me.
I wasn't aware I was trading on my good name; I've never had a good name.
I had a kiss with Raquel Welch's daughter - she was a very naughty kisser.
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.
Women are frightening. If you get to 41 as a man, you're quite battle-scarred.
A free press is the cornerstone of democracy; there is no question about that.
The moral of filmmaking in Britain is that you will be screwed by the weather.
I think there's something unromantic about marriage. You're closing yourself off.
I dreaded the dance scene in 'Love Actually' more than having my teeth extracted.
I don't have any particular burning desire to go back to being cuddly. Not really.
Courage is soldiers fighting on the front line, or people living on the bread line.
Something about teaching is curiously attractive, actually. I don't know what it is.
It's very rare in life to be sure about something - particularly when it's an issue.
Theater has always been much more fun. You get a laugh, and it's really encouraging.
I think that's the whole point of Bridget Jones. It's all about that it's okay to fail.
Now [after doing Pilates], I have muscles of steel and could easily deal with giving birth.
Comedy is probably a way of dealing with anxiety. Sometimes it's a way of dealing with pain.
I'm not a hopeless romantic. I'm quite the reverse. I'm a nasty piece of work, an ego maniac.
I get more satisfaction out of comedy stuff. I'm a laugh tart. I make no secret of that fact.
Neither Elizabeth or I are keen to do a real-life couple on the screen. It's not very electric.
And film acting is incredibly tedious, just by its nature. It's incredibly, mind numbingly slow.
I could do with more mobbing. Particularly from women. I'd like to be treated like Ricky Martin.
I'm such a chronic relativist, I can't hold down a strong opinion about many things long enough.
Love scenes are extremely difficult. You're always within a millimeter of sentimentality and 'yuck.'
My dad used to have to open the second bottle of wine in the loo in case Mum heard the cork coming out.
I slightly lost my enthusiasm for most acting, but I've done some little bits and pieces - curiosities.
Plus, teaching brings home to you very fast that you actually know nothing. I didn't realize that before.
The only reason my work seems to be eclectic up to a certain period is because I was a failure as an actor.
I just don't believe in love at first sight any more, even though I've based my whole career on the concept.
Strangely enough I'm better on a stage. I love that I feel like I blossom in front of a whole bunch of people.
I don't do much acting anymore anyway, and not to work for 20th Century Fox is really the least of my worries.
With 2 movies opening this summer, I have no relaxing time at all. Whatever I have is spent in a drunken stupor.
I look at life and I see some very happy relationships, but I also see the vast majority as not being that happy.
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 find it hard to understand why Scorsese has never called. You know, given the natural menace I bring to the screen.
My whole history of being an actor is unusual and slightly disgraceful because it should be something you burn to do.
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.
And I particularly like the whole thing of being boss. Boss and employee... It's the slave quality that I find very alluring.