It's very true that you can be both selfless and selfish at the same time. What we tend towards, particularly in filmmaking, is this binary sort of, 'This is a good guy, this is a bad guy.' And I quite like the fact that life is a bit more complex than that.

Hugh Grant

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

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

embarrassing boring life-is

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.

grandmother ambition wind

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

careers sight believe

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

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

valentines-day secret laughing

Now [after doing Pilates], I have muscles of steel and could easi... by Hugh Grant

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

pilates steel giving

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!

creativity writing book

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

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

supermarkets shelves space

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

actors periods reason

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.

single-man becoming disappointment

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.

plates dresses looks

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.

often-is interesting thinking

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

realizing teaching home

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

next actors thinking

In the last couple of weeks I have seen the ads for the Wonder Br... by Hugh Grant

In the last couple of weeks I have seen the ads for the Wonder Bra.

couple funny country

And film acting is incredibly tedious, just by its nature. It's i... by Hugh Grant

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

film acting mind

I could do with more mobbing. Particularly from women. I'd like t... by Hugh Grant

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

treated fame

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.

max mind baby

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.

mean-girls scripts romantic

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

dad bottles wine

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

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