Hugh Grant

So meaning it was one thing. But the other thing was I have a weird theory that it was having children. I think I was a dried up, middle-aged, golf-addicted Englishman. Then I had children and suddenly I had heart and I had more layers or something.

Well, I entirely lost faith that I could do anything else. I believed my critics, really. But I see now maybe I was wrong, because at the very beginning, If I had any talent, it was for doing strange characters and silly voices and things, outlandish things that were nothing like me.

Well, I entirely lost faith that I could do anything else. I believed my critics, really. But I see now maybe I was wrong, because at the very beginning, If I had any talent, it was for doing strange characters and silly voices and things, outlandish things that were nothing like me.

Well, I entirely lost faith that I could do anything else. I believed my critics, really. But I see now maybe I was wrong, because at the very beginning, If I had any talent, it was for doing strange characters and silly voices and things, outlandish things that were nothing like me.

And I had this comedy group that was actually quite successful, the London and Edinburgh sort of fringe circuit, which was all character stuff, you know, silly characters. What kind of year was it? That would be mid-'80s. Okay, okay. And... Yeah, we used to perform in pubs with people like Mike Myers. He was next on the bill. And that was fun.

And I had this comedy group that was actually quite successful, the London and Edinburgh sort of fringe circuit, which was all character stuff, you know, silly characters. What kind of year was it? That would be mid-'80s. Okay, okay. And... Yeah, we used to perform in pubs with people like Mike Myers. He was next on the bill. And that was fun.

And I had this comedy group that was actually quite successful, the London and Edinburgh sort of fringe circuit, which was all character stuff, you know, silly characters. What kind of year was it? That would be mid-'80s. Okay, okay. And... Yeah, we used to perform in pubs with people like Mike Myers. He was next on the bill. And that was fun.

And actually, just after I made Four Weddings, I shot another film with the same director before Four Weddings was actually released, which was, you know, I was a nicotine-stained, predatory... evil, twisted, unpleasant theatre director. And I was pretty good. And I wish that at least I'd kept that other strand of my career going through all those years and years of rom-coms.

And actually, just after I made Four Weddings, I shot another film with the same director before Four Weddings was actually released, which was, you know, I was a nicotine-stained, predatory... evil, twisted, unpleasant theatre director. And I was pretty good. And I wish that at least I'd kept that other strand of my career going through all those years and years of rom-coms.

And actually, just after I made Four Weddings, I shot another film with the same director before Four Weddings was actually released, which was, you know, I was a nicotine-stained, predatory... evil, twisted, unpleasant theatre director. And I was pretty good. And I wish that at least I'd kept that other strand of my career going through all those years and years of rom-coms.

Not that I hasten to add. Not that I hate the romantic comedies. I'm proud of them. It's nice to have made films that actually entertain people. And they're much harder than people think. And in some cases, much better, I think, than the sneerers think. My wife's good on this. She was watching, I think, Love Actually the other day. Because we like to watch one of my films every night.

Not that I hasten to add. Not that I hate the romantic comedies. I'm proud of them. It's nice to have made films that actually entertain people. And they're much harder than people think. And in some cases, much better, I think, than the sneerers think. My wife's good on this. She was watching, I think, Love Actually the other day. Because we like to watch one of my films every night.

Not that I hasten to add. Not that I hate the romantic comedies. I'm proud of them. It's nice to have made films that actually entertain people. And they're much harder than people think. And in some cases, much better, I think, than the sneerers think. My wife's good on this. She was watching, I think, Love Actually the other day. Because we like to watch one of my films every night.

I make all the children watch it. If they don't watch them, they don't get fed. And she said, quite correctly, she said, what's good about this film is that it's about pain. And those, the good romantic comedies I did were really about pain. It's about humor dealing with pain. The pain of being in unrequited love, et cetera.

I make all the children watch it. If they don't watch them, they don't get fed. And she said, quite correctly, she said, what's good about this film is that it's about pain. And those, the good romantic comedies I did were really about pain. It's about humor dealing with pain. The pain of being in unrequited love, et cetera.

I make all the children watch it. If they don't watch them, they don't get fed. And she said, quite correctly, she said, what's good about this film is that it's about pain. And those, the good romantic comedies I did were really about pain. It's about humor dealing with pain. The pain of being in unrequited love, et cetera.

Yeah, exactly. Greed plays a big part in this. Yeah. Greed and laziness. And those two have played a huge part in my career.

Yeah, exactly. Greed plays a big part in this. Yeah. Greed and laziness. And those two have played a huge part in my career.

Yeah, exactly. Greed plays a big part in this. Yeah. Greed and laziness. And those two have played a huge part in my career.

Yes, yes, yes. Well, I still had some confidence coming off this other weird film I did before, Four Weddings. And then another one called Restoration, which was not a very successful film with Robert Downey, but I played a... kind of freakish cameo in that. And I was pretty good, I thought. And I should have at least kept that going.