I would sooner play in a good British picture than in the…

American pictures usually have no subject, only a story. A pretty woman is not a subject. Julia Roberts doing this and that is not…

— Jean-Luc Godard

What switched me to films was the flood of American pictures into Paris after the Liberation.

— Francois Truffaut

I don't have a good British accent.

— Serena Williams

Actually the royal family were very gracious and good to me. But I also found that the British establishment were never quite sure what…

— Tony Blair

There have been some good British gay films.

— Andrew Haigh

The most foreign fighters in Iraq are wearing British and American uniforms. The level of self-delusion is bordering frankly on the racist. The vast…

— George Galloway

I will not accept a new wave of fiscal retrenchment, of belt-tightening, without asking people at the top to make their contribution, to make…

— Nick Clegg

All the cliches of glamorous sophistication have little appeal to me. Do I want to live the British version of 'Dynasty?' No thanks!

— Sade Adu

Somebody said that part of my reaction to British cinema is actually, paradoxically, a patriotic one. I'm so disappointed that we're not better.

— Kevin Brownlow

I always wanted to make a 'James Bond' film, and they only seemed to hire British directors, and I'd made 'Swingers' - they were…

— Doug Liman

When we first sold the Wallace and Gromit shorts to America, people suggested we get rid of the strange British accents and put clear…

— Nick Park

No wonder that Churchill described this effort [the British codebreakers working at Bletchley Park] as "Britian"s secret weapon," a weapon far more effective than…

— Peter Hilton

We can find common qualities and common values that have made Britain the country it is. Our belief in tolerance and liberty which shines…

— Gordon Brown

I shot for French and British Vogue. The British Vogue one featured clothes by Chloe and was shot at Highgate and the John Soane…

— Nan Goldin

I'd love to work in the States; I'd love to work anywhere where you get a good script and a good part to play.…

— Laura Carmichael