Hugh Grant
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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.
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.