Always Quote by Edmund White

Not too many people in America know about me, but all of Europe knows about me.

— Sun Ra

You know, I've just about got used to the fact that people in Britain know who I am on some level, but the notion…

— David Tennant

Everyone in America thinks I'm American - and everyone in England seems to think I'm American.

— David Harewood

Most commonly, I've been recognized from people who aren't actually from England.

— Maisie Williams

I've been well-known in Britain for a long time.

— Martin Freeman

I?m much bigger in Britain than I am there. I'm well-known, but my name's That Guy in America. . . . People shout: "Hey…

— Billy Connolly

When I lived in London I didn't know any English people, apart from my wife. So my nationality was never relevant. I was a…

— Jack Savoretti

I think Brits probably feel that Americans are more like us than vice-versa, if that makes sense. Because we get everything American over here…

— Hayley Atwell

They like my books better in England than in France; a translation would be very successful there.

— Marcel Proust

When I was living in England I found that the more I lived abroad, the more American I discovered I was.

— Anonymous

It's very important to feel foreign. I was born in England, but when I'm being a writer, everyone in England is foreign to me.

— V. S. Pritchett

Americans do seem to say things which make the English notice England.

— Dodie Smith