Hugh Grant Quotes

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

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

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

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

I'm very unrelaxed doing a newspaper interview.

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.

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

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

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

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?

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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 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.

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

I'm horrible in the mornings. I'm grumpy.

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 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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.