Acting Quote by Michael Socha

When you meet up with England, you can feel tense and think to yourself: 'Where's that goal going to come from?'

— Darren Bent

As a nation, we English tend to be self-deprecating, looking down on ourselves. We're insular but also flexible, whereas in Germany, it's a case…

— Simon Rattle

“How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team? - Greetings to the New Brunette ”

— Billy Bragg

So many of my thoughts and feelings are shared by the English that England has turned into a second native land of the mind…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

The last thing an Englishman wants to hear is a man from Brussels trying to imitate his language - you want to hear a…

— Stromae

The British fans are liable to suddenly be talking to you about something that you don't know how you got into the conversation. I…

— John Cleese

I think I went through early years of my career sort of thinking, "Well, maybe I'm just not British enough." And I always remember…

— Alfred Molina

People think that I live in England and have a British accent.

— Rich Fulcher

I'm English and love England. Whenever I'm there, I'm always seeing the present but feeling its past.

— Jez Butterworth

England's just very cynical. Like I am. Like we all are.

— Winston Marshall

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

— Dodie Smith

That is the nature of the British psyche. It's very blunt, plain, very linear. It's pragmatic: it records life as it is.

— Steven Berkoff