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

Courage is soldiers fighting on the front line, or people living on the bread line.

— Hugh Grant

For any new technology there is always controversy and there always some fear associated with it. I think that's just the price of being first sometimes.

— 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

I don't hate L.A., but I'm nervous about becoming one of those people who have a ferocious interest in how films did at the box office that weekend and, you know, would want to meet for egg-white omelets in the morning.

— Hugh Grant

I'm a laugh tart. I make no secret of that fact.

— 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

I'm not a hopeless romantic. I'm quite the reverse. Furthermore, I'm a nasty piece of work, an ego maniac.

— Hugh Grant

I never meant to be in romantic comedies; it's just what ended up happening. But they are tricky, in a post-1960s sexual revolution way. It was easier when you couldn't have sex scenes: everything crackled very nicely. They're not easy.

— Hugh Grant

I think marriage is only necessary if you've got children. It's quite nice for them.

— Hugh Grant