I'm crazy about ducks and swans and geese, so I don't eat foie gras. I try to eat organic.

I do try and curb my mouth, but I find it really hard. I wonder how many jobs I've talked myself out of!

I went for endless auditions for tiny parts in obscure plays, and never got one job until I was in 'Four Weddings'.

Some people in my family achieved a lot, some people inherited a lot. But I turned my back on the whole thing.

In the theatre, if you say 'Macbeth', all the actors will start looking very anxious. I'm so well-trained not to say it in the theatre that I can hardly say it in normal life.

I can cook to please people, but it's quite conventional. I make a good sponge cake. I find it hard to follow recipes.

I was never, ever the ingenue. The young, innocent lead was just not me.

I love buying things. I could be one of those crazy hoarders.

I did become quite well known from 'Four Weddings and a Funeral', and it helped hugely. I wasn't as famous as Hugh Grant, but I certainly began to work.

I was one of those lucky people with only one talent. It is harder for people with many talents to decide what to do.

The men sit around getting fat and arguing with each other about something they call “philosophy” - most of which is pure nonsense.

Believing in the inherent good of humankind is akin to having faith. It is to believe in something that may not be readily apparent.

People always love and respect characters who speak the truth, even if the truth hurts.

The value of a life is always measured by how much of it is given away.

I'm not a politician. I'm a businessperson.

The days of the Cross are counted. We must deliver the German nation from the pernicious influence of Christianity.

Sometimes armchair quarterbacks are doing it to enhance their own image. I'm just not comfortable with that idea.

Love made us partners in narcissism, and we talked ceaselessly about how close we were, how perfect our connection was, like we were the first people in history to ever get it exactly right.

We are also looking to Canada as we continue to integrate the North American energy market.

Be thorough in all you do; and remember that although ignorance often may be innocent, pretension is always despicable.