The Best Hugh Grant quotes

It’s very rare in life to be sure about something–particularly when it’s an issue. — Hugh Grant

Basically, my life is so boring, it’s embarrassing. — Hugh Grant

I look at life and I see some very happy relationships, but I also see the vast majority as not being that happy. — Hugh Grant

Although I’m largely doing other things in life, it’s very nice occasionally to put my toe back in the waters of show business. — Hugh Grant

Neither Elizabeth or I are keen to do a real–life couple on the screen. It’s not very electric. — Hugh Grant

Throughout my life, whenever I thought I’m dancing welI, I’m not. — Hugh Grant

I’m not really a believer in marriage, i’ve seen very few good examples, maybe five, in my life, but i think otherwise it’s a recipe for mutual misery. — Hugh Grant

I certainly hated actors and, more importantly, they hated me. — Hugh Grant

My whole history of being an actor is unusual and slightly disgraceful because it should be something you burn to do. — Hugh Grant

I play the sort of character who would sell his grandmother for career advancement, something I’ve come across a lot with actors. — Hugh Grant

I suppose after ‘Four Weddings’ I was very busy for a bit, and I imagined that was my career, but I never had that thing of, ‘I’m burning to be an actor. If I don’t act, I’m not alive.’ I’ve never had that. — Hugh Grant

I’m a terrible actor. I’m still learning. When I first started, I wish I knew then to trust myself more, really. I was in a terrible panic in the early part of my career. — Hugh Grant

A lot of actors look at scripts and think, ‘How will this stretch me as an actor?’ But I always thought, ‘Do I want to turn the page? Is this going to make people laugh?’ — Hugh Grant

As it is, I have a limited range as an actor–light comedy. I have never been a fan of romantic comedies, and yet that is what I have ended up mostly doing. — Hugh Grant

I made the wrong fIlm wIth very good people, I overacted grotesquely. — Hugh Grant

When I think about actors I know, I’d much rather hear about who they’re shagging than what film they’re doing next. — Hugh Grant

If it’s a choice between doing a film and not doing a film, I’d rather not. But then, you remember that you’re supposed to be earning a living and that it’s your career. — Hugh Grant

Well, you know I have an office, my film offices. So I know that syndrome. I fancy offices, so there must be something wrong with me. Even the window cleaner intrigues me. It’s a very sexy environment. — Hugh Grant

I don’t think there’s much point in putting me a deep, dark, heavy, emotional film because there are people who do it so much better than I do. — Hugh Grant

For a few years, I thought I was putting show business behind me. I was busy doing other things in life, particularly with politics. I was not out looking for films, really. I lost interest. — Hugh Grant

The Lair of the White Worm’ is quite a strange film. It’s difficult to be good when you’re saying lines that have been translated from Spanish to English by someone who speaks French. — Hugh Grant

And I particularly like the whole thing of being boss. Boss and employee… It’s the slave quality that I find very alluring. — Hugh Grant

The angry Scot is a cliche not without some foundation. That’s the Lowland Scot–I’m a Highlander. We’re particularly lovely and charming. — Hugh Grant

I don’t particularly like babies. I don’t mind them for about four minutes. That’s my max. After that I can’t quite see what everyone’s fussing about. — Hugh Grant

I could do with more mobbing. Particularly from women. I’d like to be treated like Ricky Martin. — Hugh Grant

I’m quite proud of some of the films I’ve done, but less for the acting than for the fact that they’re unpretentious and entertaining. I’m proud of having made unpretentious choices. — Hugh Grant

And film acting is incredibly tedious, just by its nature. It’s incredibly, mind numbingly slow. — Hugh Grant

I slightly lost my enthusiasm for most acting, but I’ve done some little bits and pieces–curiosities. — Hugh Grant

Frankly, I think I’m marvelous in rehearsal! Then you turn the camera on, and it gets stiff and tight. And then you trudge back to your trailer feeling sad. That’s been my experience of film acting. — Hugh Grant

Whoopsidaisies! — Hugh Grant

I don’t do much acting anymore anyway, and not to work for 20th Century Fox is really the least of my worries. — Hugh Grant

My dad used to have to open the second bottle of wine in the loo in case Mum heard the cork coming out. — Hugh Grant

I horrIfIed my scary new la agents by turnIng everythIng down and then fInally made an appallIng choIce. — Hugh Grant

I was fat–shamed the other day on a British newspaper. The headline was ‘Four Bellies and a Turkey Neck.’ They weren’t wrong. I looked shocking. — 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? — Hugh Grant

If every play was three weeks, I’d do lots of plays. It’s just the idea of six months, I think, that might drive me a bit nuts. — Hugh Grant

I get very annoyed when people think I’m nice or diffident or a polite English gentleman. I’m a nasty piece of work, and people should know that. — Hugh Grant

I’m such a chronic relativist, I can’t hold down a strong opinion about many things long enough. — Hugh Grant

Theater has always been much more fun. You get a laugh, and it’s really encouraging. — Hugh Grant

I have no doubt that I’d be a marvelous father. Maybe not when they’re tiny, but when they’re a little bit older, I think I’d be rather good. — Hugh Grant

Women are frightening. If you get to 41 as a man, you’re quite battle–scarred. — Hugh Grant

I find it hard to understand why Scorsese has never called. You know, given the natural menace I bring to the screen. — Hugh Grant

I had Courtney Love’s left bosom out of her dress on my plate in front of me. It was extraordinary. I didn’t know where to look. — Hugh Grant

I couldn’t put my hand on my heart and say I think that being in a relationship is a natural state for a human being. — Hugh Grant

I wasn’t aware I was trading on my good name; I’ve never had a good name. — Hugh Grant

I’ve got four houses in my street. I live in two, and the others are empty. I’ll buy more as they come up, because I think it would be great to have the entire street. — Hugh Grant

I’m a terrible vacillator; I can be sure of something one day and change my mind the next. — Hugh Grant

Something about teaching is curiously attractive, actually. I don’t know what it is. — Hugh Grant

I frequently dream of having tea with the Queen. — Hugh Grant

I’ve always dreaded the sea–in fact, I get terribly seasick. — Hugh Grant

Some newspapers in Britain have become closer to these kind of mafia families. They wield an incredible power. They choose our governments, they choose our prime ministers, and they live above the law. — Hugh Grant

Oh god, predict mine. they’re out of control. — Hugh Grant

There is space in the supermarket shelf for all of us. — Hugh Grant

I don’t want to see the end of popular print journalism. — Hugh Grant

I get more satisfaction out of comedy stuff. I’m a laugh tart. I make no secret of that fact. — Hugh Grant

I dreaded the dance scene in ‘Love Actually’ more than having my teeth extracted. — Hugh Grant

At home, I hardly ever leave London. I don’t like the countryside in England. — Hugh Grant