Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.
I'm a great believer in eccentrically-shaped modern families. Because I've...
If every play was three weeks, I'd do lots of plays. It's just the idea of...
When I finished my degree at Oxford, I went and acted for a bit. And I was...
I dreaded the dance scene in 'Love Actually' more than having my teeth...
I've driven people mad on films that I've made - I want more takes; I want...
I have known a few good marriages, but very few. And others look to me...
I wasn't aware I was trading on my good name; I've never had a good name.
I certainly hated actors and, more importantly, they hated me.
I think the part of my acting career where I've been more successful, I've...
Throughout my life, whenever I thought I'm dancing welI, I'm not.
There was a phase in my career in my late 20s and 30s when I was doing...
If you do too much acting in a lead part in a feature film where you're 40...
Broadly speaking, there are two kinds of acting: character acting and lead...
A lot of actors look at scripts and think, 'How will this stretch me as an...
There were various turning points, but the main one at the beginning was...
I suppose after 'Four Weddings' I was very busy for a bit, and I imagined...
For a few years, I thought I was putting show business behind me. I was...
I'm a terrible actor. I'm still learning. When I first started, I wish I...
I'm quite jealous of my Scottish relations, in whose culture everyone, in...
'Notting Hill?' Does that poke fun at being British? Maybe it does. In...
The emphasis in 'Notting Hill' was perhaps, I thought, slightly more on...
After I found that I had become an actor, slightly to my surprise, I did...
Neither Elizabeth or I are keen to do a real-life couple on the screen....
I've certainly had a bad attitude to my job on many occasions. Not since...
I have this absurd syndrome where I get these out-of-the-blue, pathetic...
I get more satisfaction out of comedy stuff. I'm a laugh tart. I make no...
I'm not a great believer in marriages as an institution, or even in very...
I don't have any particular burning desire to go back to being cuddly. Not...
I think I'm rather young and sprightly, but then you see pictures of...
Although I'm largely doing other things in life, it's very nice...
I think marriage is only necessary if you've got children. It's quite nice...
I used to pre-rehearse everything and then bring my pre-rehearsed...
I always admire the French and the Italians who are very devoted to their...
I have no doubt that I'd be a marvelous father. Maybe not when they're...
Do I think human beings are meant to be in 40-year-long monogamous,...
It's very rare in life to be sure about something - particularly when it's...
