As an actor, I've grown considerably. It's taken me years to get comfortable doing a romantic scene and dancing on stage in front of a live audience. I've really opened up a lot. Use this quote
Classic art was the art of necessity: modern romantic art bears the stamp of caprice and chance. Use this quote
The romantic idea is that everybody around a writer must suffer for his talent. I think a writer is a citizen of humanity, part of his nation, part of his family. He may have to make some compromises. Use this quote
Most cynics are really crushed romantics: they've been hurt, they're sensitive, and their cynicism is a shell that's protecting this tiny, dear part in them that's still alive. Use this quote
The telephone, which interrupts the most serious conversations and cuts short the most weighty observations, has a romance of its own. Use this quote
There were two sides to David Lean: on the one side, he was kind of a rather stiff, disciplined Englishman. And then he had this kind of romantic side to him. I think being true to both sides of your nature is important. Use this quote
I don't like to search too much. I find it is easier when romance finds you. Use this quote
I fell in love with many women at school who had no idea I existed. I'm a bit of a romantic. Use this quote
Truthfully, I almost avoided 'While You Were Sleeping,' because I find those romantic comedies kind of precious, and they're full of lines that leave you feeling a little bewildered when you say them. Use this quote
I'm a feminist, but I think that romance has been taken away a bit for my generation. I think what people connect with in novels is this idea of an overpowering, encompassing love - and it being more important and special than anything and everything else. Use this quote
Classical, Romantic, and Baroque music, that's what I really like. Use this quote
I love romantic comedy, but I think you have to have another idea that you're chasing along with romantic comedy. Use this quote
The first book I wrote was The Bride Price which was a romantic book, but my husband burnt the book when he saw it. I was the typical African woman, I'd done this privately, I wanted him to look at it, approve it and he said he wouldn't read it. Use this quote
Building a little bonfire at night on the beach and lying on a blanket with my wife under the stars is not only sexy, it's romantic. Use this quote
In real love you want the other person's good. In romantic love you want the other person. Use this quote
I don't feel like a romantic lead; I guess I feel more like a character actor. Use this quote
I think as a young actress, it's very rare that you read something where you're not either 'the girl' or there to serve some romantic purpose in a male dominated cast. Use this quote
I love being one half of a romantic couple. Use this quote
I had to trick people into giving me money for my first film. Making a romantic comedy is easier and more expected from a woman than it is to make a drama about a Japanese warrior. Use this quote
I'm always trying to perfect the romantic comedy, though. Use this quote
