Sometimes, we don't get what we want. . . But this is a benevolent universe. And once in a while, we do.
Growing up, I didn't feel very cool having come from the Midlands.
I think in most couples or partnerships, there's a constant struggle for power and dominance.
We always wanted to make a comedy that was a little bit more than that, which had tragic elements to it. . . that people engaged with - an intelligent comedy essentially.
So many films end up being filmed in London or in the same places over and over again.
The film [Sightseers] is really the story of the journey of a relationship, so the killings are almost a metaphor for the trials they go through. We wanted people to identify with the experience of going on holiday and having a quarrel with your wife, boyfriend, whatever. We knew if we didn't crack that it would not be watchable as a film.
When I was a kid the highlight of my week would be doing a fossil hunt at the local quarry. . . that kind of thing.
You know when people smile too much? It's painful. I find it really painful. Happy is not very reliable. I'm trying to live like, um, with a fierce calm.
If you have no earthly consolation, why do you not seek consolation in the Heart of Jesus? To love him is truest joy.
When all life is seen as divine, everyone grows wings.
You are all alike, you respectable people. You can't tell me the bursting strain of a ten-inch gun, which is a very simple matter;but you all think you can tell me the bursting strain of a man under temptation. You daren't handle high explosives; but you're all ready to handle honesty and truth and justice and the whole duty of man, and kill one another at that game. What a country! What a world!