Difficult for actors to extemporise in nineteenth-century English. Except for Robert Hardy and Elizabeth Spriggs, who speak that way anyway.

The fact is that young people are going to have sex whether you like it or not.

British aren't really known for their physical loveliness but firemen, generally speaking, are gorgeous.

Don't ever go on a diet. Just don't. Walk away. Diets are the spawn of Satan.

I`ve realized that in all the great stories, even if there`s a happily-ever-after ending, there`s something sad.

The best way [to survive] the red carpet is by wearing Ugg boots. But unfortunately, I have not yet managed to persuade the people who style me at these times to let me do that.

We've got people looking at our seamy side and our sad side a lot of the time because that's easier. It's much more difficult to make a film about happiness with lots of jokes in it.