Coffee Quote by Julia Davis

I divide my time between all the mud and open space in Surrey and the social life and work in London, particularly Chelsea, which…

— Mary Quant

I was obsessed with theatre and loving the work of Caryl Churchill, Edward Bond, Howard Brenton, and Howard Barker, people doing real formal experimentation.…

— John Tiffany

Of all the sights and sounds which attracted me on my first arrival to live in London in the mid-thirties, one combined operation left…

— Michael Foot

I belonged to Stratford Children's Theater when I was a boy growing up in Manchester. Even then, I was always doing character parts.

— John Mahoney

Seeing different sides of life, seeing different sides of society, that's what London's all about. When I was young my mum always tried to…

— Dizzee Rascal

I like reflecting the culture I understand best, spotting the idiosyncrasies of British people and revealing them to an audience in a way that…

— Jim Broadbent

I grew up in a middle class English family just outside London. I wasn't surrounded by that speedy city lifestyle, it was a little…

— Ed Westwick

My time in London was an alright part of my career. There were some good moments and there were some not particularly nice ones.

— Andrey Arshavin

I loved being in London. But what I loved the most, I think, and what I learned from the most, was about the 'moment…

— Gillian Anderson

I was in several Shakespeare in the Park productions in my younger years, but I've been busy with other things for a while.

— Elizabeth Marvel

In Britain, there was always a great connection between me and the gallery. It was a very good chemistry because I was never flat…

— Seve Ballesteros

When I first came to London, I loved hanging around in cafes, smoking, scribbling, dreaming. It was life-affirming and fun.

— Peter Capaldi