And because I rather hate acting, my eyes are seeing something different. I'm looking for reasons not to do it!
And film acting is incredibly tedious, just by its nature. It's incredibly, mind numbingly slow.
And I particularly like the whole thing of being boss. Boss and employee... It's the slave quality that I find very alluring.
And it's also frustrating, particularly in comedy, because you can make the scene work and get a great laugh in rehearsal. But then you've got to go and film it. And by the time you've gotten to the location and it's all set up, I often find that I can't make it as funny as it was in rehearsal.
Basically, my life is so boring, it's embarrassing.
Because you've heard this before - any man will tell you that we don't necessarily want what we see in Vogue or whatever.
But a few technicians and a camera I find unbelievably frightening.
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.
But I'm not in a hurry to go and sit in big development meetings and make great, big commercial films. I do have a touch of apathy about that.
But no, there's no one in particular that I have a real urge to work with.
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.
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.
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 don't have any particular burning desire to go back to being cuddly. Not really.
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.
I don't think there's much point in putting me a deep, dark, heavy, emotional film because there are people who do it so much better than I do.
I find it hard to understand why Scorsese has never called. You know, given the natural menace I bring to the screen.
I get more satisfaction out of comedy stuff.
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 mean, I feel other pressure from the British tabloids, but I don't feel that particular pressure.
I think I'm happier like that, but basically living in England. I don't know why, it just seems to be where I fit. But it's very good being here, the whole American Influence is excellent.
I think in a way there is an upside to me being very difficult, and the thing I'm really difficult about is the script. I won't do it unless I think the script has got there, or at the very least, that my part has got there.
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 think that's the whole point of Bridget Jones. It's all about that it's okay to fail.
I was best man to my brother, and I am quite proud of the speech I made; it did turn out to be quite funny.
I was thinking on the plane yesterday how pathetic it is to be dreading the read-through after 25 films and 18 years of acting. I mean real terror.
I'd never done a film with a child in a leading role before, so I was very keen that we got it right and was very interfering in terms of casting.
I'm a laugh tart. I make no secret of that fact.
I'm not an expert. But Elizabeth has become an expert on that. Somebody gave her a book on co-dependency, and she says we fall into every single category!
I'm not quite as extreme a case as Will is but certainly I have spent a lot of time in my life sitting around in the afternoon watching Countdown, being a bit lazy, and being shallow in terms of life goals and relationships.
I'm sure I've said to you a billion times that I keep thinking I'm about to write a brilliant script.
It's not exactly that I hate acting.
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.
My father was in carpets for years. He didn't really love carpets, but he became pretty good at... flogging them!
My theory is there is great comedy writing in America, but it has migrated over to television in the last ten or 20 years; that's why they've got such successful TV shows.
Neither Elizabeth or I are keen to do a real-life couple on the screen. It's not very electric.
Nevertheless it opened a door to acting and I didn't know what else to do with my life so I thought I'd that for a year and then it's a laugh that's gone on for 18 years.
No, I wasn't happy as a teenager at all, especially with my hair.
Plus, teaching brings home to you very fast that you actually know nothing. I didn't realize that before.
Strangely enough I'm better on a stage. I love that I feel like I blossom in front of a whole bunch of people.
The first time I open my mouth in the read through. You sit there, palms sweating and turning the pages, thinking and whatever I say on the first few pages comes out in this horrible kind of barked monotone.
The moral of filmmaking in Britain is that you will be screwed by the weather.
The only reason my work seems to be eclectic up to a certain period is because I was a failure as an actor.
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.
The truth is, I'd never seen a Cary Grant film. Since then I have watched his stuff and it's astounding, but I don't see any similarity between us. Except for the fact that I'm told he used to wear ladies' underwear, which is something I also do.
Well, I haven't done very much for about three years.
Well, yeah. I mean, I'm sick to death of Mister Nice Guy, I've done way too much of it recently.
Well, you know I have an office, my film offices. So I know that syndrome. I fancy offices, so there must be something wrong with me. Even the window cleaner intrigues me. It's a very sexy environment.
When I think about actors I know, I'd much rather hear about who they're shagging than what film they're doing next.
With 2 movies opening this summer, I have no relaxing time at all. Whatever I have is spent in a drunken stupor.
Women are frightening. If you get to 41 as a man, you're quite battle-scarred.
You know everyone loves to be the villain.
Hugh has sponsored a Chimpanzee named Elizabeth as a wedding gift for Liz Hurley.
Hugh Grant split from girlfriend Jemima Khan in February 2007 after approximately 3 years together.
Hugh appeared at number 43 in Empire Magazine's '100 sexiest stars in film history' feature in 1995.
Various photographs of Hugh and Sandra Bullock were used to create the opening titles of the film Two Weeks Notice. One of the photos shows Hugh with Richard Nixon, and he says that he had to check with the Nixon estate before he was able to allow this photo to be used for the film titles.
Hugh won an award at 1987's Venice Film Festival for Maurice, a Golden Globe in 1995 for Four Weddings and a Funeral and Empire awards in 2000 for Notting Hill and in 2003 for About a Boy.
He is the Godfather of Damian Hurley, son of his ex-girlfriend Elizabeth Hurley.
As a child, Hugh payed regular visits to the ENT Clinic in London because he used to drink bleach and stuff rolls of apple peel up his nose!
Hugh's reported salary for Four Weddings and a Funeral was $100,000. After gaining popularity in this film, his earnings reportedly rose to $7,500,000 for both Notting Hill and Mickey Blue Eyes. By the time he filmed Two Weeks Notice his salary was reportedly a staggering $12,500,000.
Hugh is 5'11 tall. (180 cm)
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