Hugh Grant

"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?"

"Margaret Thatcher used to say: "I can't win an election and survive politically without bending over to the power of the press." Well, look what's happening now: the "leave" Brexit campaign has been a media maniac affair. Media is an occult power in our so-called civilized, enlightened society."

"Politics is stressful, it's scary, tiresome. Acting is like a breath of fresh air. They're both fictional kind of creativity: politicians are bad actors."

"It was the same approach as the first one, which was just to make sure that it was as crap as we wanted it to be. The key is to stop the stunt coordinator from coming in to make it look like a film fight. We just wanted it to be two pathetic Englishmen scared of each other, throwing their handbags at each other, basically. (on his screen fight with Colin Firth in Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004))"

"Vier Wochen Golf spielen ist ein toller Spaß, den Sie auch mal versuchen sollten – aber im zweiten Monat beschleicht einen ein mulmiges Gefühl. Das Nichtstun ist ein merkwürdiges Dasein. Im dritten Monat setzt bei denkenden Menschen die Volldepression ein."

"Gute Kunst sollte funktional sein. Wie ein schöner Tisch, Stuhl oder Mantel. Und wenn einer behauptet, er habe seine Seelenqualen in Kunst transformiert, sollte man sofort die Flucht ergreifen."