Hugh Grant
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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.
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.
Well, I suppose that's what I've been doing for the last seven or eight years.
Well, I suppose that's what I've been doing for the last seven or eight years.
Well, I suppose that's what I've been doing for the last seven or eight years.
Oh, that's nice of you. Yeah, not easy. But very well directed, that thing. Very well. Susanna Beer, Danish, you know, that whole Scandi Noir thing. She made that what it was, I think. Really cool. I think so. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, I was going to say, I don't want to spoil it, but it's ancient history now. To be that charming guy, the ideal husband, he's a cancer doctor for kids.
Oh, that's nice of you. Yeah, not easy. But very well directed, that thing. Very well. Susanna Beer, Danish, you know, that whole Scandi Noir thing. She made that what it was, I think. Really cool. I think so. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, I was going to say, I don't want to spoil it, but it's ancient history now. To be that charming guy, the ideal husband, he's a cancer doctor for kids.
Oh, that's nice of you. Yeah, not easy. But very well directed, that thing. Very well. Susanna Beer, Danish, you know, that whole Scandi Noir thing. She made that what it was, I think. Really cool. I think so. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, I was going to say, I don't want to spoil it, but it's ancient history now. To be that charming guy, the ideal husband, he's a cancer doctor for kids.
loving to his child, loving to his wife, marvelous. And it turns out he's an absolute savage psychopath. Yeah, I love that.
loving to his child, loving to his wife, marvelous. And it turns out he's an absolute savage psychopath. Yeah, I love that.
loving to his child, loving to his wife, marvelous. And it turns out he's an absolute savage psychopath. Yeah, I love that.
Well, I don't know. I mean, I feel actors can sometimes get a little pious or reverent about what they're doing, and I've never been able to go down that alley. I do, in the end, think we're in the entertainment business And if you're not entertaining people... What are you doing? What are you doing? It's a bit of a... It's a bit masturbatory. Yeah. I agree.
Well, I don't know. I mean, I feel actors can sometimes get a little pious or reverent about what they're doing, and I've never been able to go down that alley. I do, in the end, think we're in the entertainment business And if you're not entertaining people... What are you doing? What are you doing? It's a bit of a... It's a bit masturbatory. Yeah. I agree.
Well, I don't know. I mean, I feel actors can sometimes get a little pious or reverent about what they're doing, and I've never been able to go down that alley. I do, in the end, think we're in the entertainment business And if you're not entertaining people... What are you doing? What are you doing? It's a bit of a... It's a bit masturbatory. Yeah. I agree.
But that's not right either. Right. I take back everything I just said. Okay. Because if you don't have the people trying new stuff... No, I know. It's a balancing act. It's a balancing act. And the problem is, I think under the umbrella of art comes an awful lot of pretentious dross that deserves to die in the forest. That's true. But also some absolute gems and...
But that's not right either. Right. I take back everything I just said. Okay. Because if you don't have the people trying new stuff... No, I know. It's a balancing act. It's a balancing act. And the problem is, I think under the umbrella of art comes an awful lot of pretentious dross that deserves to die in the forest. That's true. But also some absolute gems and...
But that's not right either. Right. I take back everything I just said. Okay. Because if you don't have the people trying new stuff... No, I know. It's a balancing act. It's a balancing act. And the problem is, I think under the umbrella of art comes an awful lot of pretentious dross that deserves to die in the forest. That's true. But also some absolute gems and...
artistry that actually genuinely gets me going. On the plane last night, I watched Zone of Interest, and you cannot get more incredible filmmaking in every aspect than that film. It's incredible. And that clearly is not made for, you know, what you might call entertainment or money, but it's, you know, incredible.
artistry that actually genuinely gets me going. On the plane last night, I watched Zone of Interest, and you cannot get more incredible filmmaking in every aspect than that film. It's incredible. And that clearly is not made for, you know, what you might call entertainment or money, but it's, you know, incredible.
artistry that actually genuinely gets me going. On the plane last night, I watched Zone of Interest, and you cannot get more incredible filmmaking in every aspect than that film. It's incredible. And that clearly is not made for, you know, what you might call entertainment or money, but it's, you know, incredible.