Hugh Grant

And I made the mistake of doing a French accent. I didn't have great lines. I remember I had to say things like... You must listen to the champagne. There is laughter in the bubbles. You know, it was lines like that.

And I made the mistake of doing a French accent. I didn't have great lines. I remember I had to say things like... You must listen to the champagne. There is laughter in the bubbles. You know, it was lines like that.

No, you're fine. I never trained. The whole thing started by mistake. I had left university. I was heading off to do another degree in a different subject, which I didn't really want to do that much. Which is what? Well, I was highly pretentious. I'd just done a degree in literature. Thank you. I was off to do... A history of art masters.

No, you're fine. I never trained. The whole thing started by mistake. I had left university. I was heading off to do another degree in a different subject, which I didn't really want to do that much. Which is what? Well, I was highly pretentious. I'd just done a degree in literature. Thank you. I was off to do... A history of art masters.

No, you're fine. I never trained. The whole thing started by mistake. I had left university. I was heading off to do another degree in a different subject, which I didn't really want to do that much. Which is what? Well, I was highly pretentious. I'd just done a degree in literature. Thank you. I was off to do... A history of art masters.

And anyway, in the summer when that was about to happen, someone said, come and watch this amateur film that I had played a small part in while a student at Oxford. And I thought, I might as well. I was showing BAFTA in Piccadilly that night. And I went there on my bicycle and I watched it. It was not a good film. I was not good in it.

And anyway, in the summer when that was about to happen, someone said, come and watch this amateur film that I had played a small part in while a student at Oxford. And I thought, I might as well. I was showing BAFTA in Piccadilly that night. And I went there on my bicycle and I watched it. It was not a good film. I was not good in it.

And anyway, in the summer when that was about to happen, someone said, come and watch this amateur film that I had played a small part in while a student at Oxford. And I thought, I might as well. I was showing BAFTA in Piccadilly that night. And I went there on my bicycle and I watched it. It was not a good film. I was not good in it.

But at that time in England, it was very much the vogue for actors to be hoity-toity posh. It was the time of Chariots of Fire and Brideshead Revisited and things like that. So agents said to me, would you like to be an actor? We'd like to represent you. And I said, no, thank you very much. I went back to prepare for a world in the history of art.

But at that time in England, it was very much the vogue for actors to be hoity-toity posh. It was the time of Chariots of Fire and Brideshead Revisited and things like that. So agents said to me, would you like to be an actor? We'd like to represent you. And I said, no, thank you very much. I went back to prepare for a world in the history of art.

But at that time in England, it was very much the vogue for actors to be hoity-toity posh. It was the time of Chariots of Fire and Brideshead Revisited and things like that. So agents said to me, would you like to be an actor? We'd like to represent you. And I said, no, thank you very much. I went back to prepare for a world in the history of art.

And then I suddenly thought, actually, I've got no money. So maybe I should do that for a year, and then I'll go and do my other degree. So I rang them back. I said, yeah, look, I'll do this for a bit. And I got jobs, but I was so bad, I thought, I can't leave it at that. I'll do one more and try and be better." And that has gone on for 40 years.

And then I suddenly thought, actually, I've got no money. So maybe I should do that for a year, and then I'll go and do my other degree. So I rang them back. I said, yeah, look, I'll do this for a bit. And I got jobs, but I was so bad, I thought, I can't leave it at that. I'll do one more and try and be better." And that has gone on for 40 years.

And then I suddenly thought, actually, I've got no money. So maybe I should do that for a year, and then I'll go and do my other degree. So I rang them back. I said, yeah, look, I'll do this for a bit. And I got jobs, but I was so bad, I thought, I can't leave it at that. I'll do one more and try and be better." And that has gone on for 40 years.

Yeah. Well, when I did this acting, I was nervous of them because I thought they must know stuff I don't know. And I did read books about, you know, the voice and the body. And I did tragic drills in the park by myself. No, really awful.

Yeah. Well, when I did this acting, I was nervous of them because I thought they must know stuff I don't know. And I did read books about, you know, the voice and the body. And I did tragic drills in the park by myself. No, really awful.

Yeah. Well, when I did this acting, I was nervous of them because I thought they must know stuff I don't know. And I did read books about, you know, the voice and the body. And I did tragic drills in the park by myself. No, really awful.

I did one where you had to, it said, you must run backwards with your arms spread out, shouting, haaaah, from your diaphragm. And I was in the theatre up in Nottingham, in north of England at the time, and I went to the local park and I did these things. And then I remember looking over at some local kids who were saying, look, he's doing it again, what a wanker.

I did one where you had to, it said, you must run backwards with your arms spread out, shouting, haaaah, from your diaphragm. And I was in the theatre up in Nottingham, in north of England at the time, and I went to the local park and I did these things. And then I remember looking over at some local kids who were saying, look, he's doing it again, what a wanker.

I did one where you had to, it said, you must run backwards with your arms spread out, shouting, haaaah, from your diaphragm. And I was in the theatre up in Nottingham, in north of England at the time, and I went to the local park and I did these things. And then I remember looking over at some local kids who were saying, look, he's doing it again, what a wanker.