Quotes of: British Keyword

When my father arrived in Kenya, he had found the Kikuyu way of life similar to that of the British at the time the Romans invaded England 2,000 years ago.

Louis Leakey

I would love to play a British character one day. My accent wavers between Scottish and Irish very easily, though.

Chris Lilley

I thought, If people are going to write about what I'm wearing, then I would wear young British designers who need the publicity.

Emma Watson

I've always been conscious of the fact that there aren't enough Irish voices on British television compared to the amount of Irish people who live there.

Chris O'Dowd

I had to choose between American and British actors, and it didn't take me more than a second to decide: Russians are Europeans and should be played by other Europeans.

Jean-Jacques Annaud

When I first did a U.S. pilot season, there were very few British actors schlepping around town trying to get into television. That was 1999.

Jamie Bamber

British actors used to be scared of the multi-year options that U.S. TV shows demand. That has changed, because the same is now happening in the U.K.

Jamie Bamber

There is not a single injustice in Northern Ireland that is worth the loss of a single British soldier or a single Irish citizen either.

James Callaghan

I don't know why British actors are getting big parts in American TV shows. Maybe it's because we're cheap.

Dominic West

I've never felt British. I'm just not interested in national identity. I don't know why.

Elvis Costello

I want to be able to follow the example of those extraordinary British actresses who move effortlessly from film to TV to theatre roles.

Cate Blanchett

I live in London and I am a British subject, although I do write in Spanish, of course.

Guillermo Cabrera Infante

The British people think that if someone is disabled, then they should get all the care and support that we can offer.

George Osborne

I'm British, so obviously I repress any powerful emotions of any kind in relation to anything.

John Oliver

Every empire has to get sucked down the drain. As a British person, I know how it feels.

John Oliver

Historians tell us that a gentleman named John Ball once captured eight British Amateur titles.

Dan Jenkins

The British public like a Briton with personality, someone who comes out on court and isn't dour and down on themselves.

Jo Durie

The British soldiers serving in Afghanistan alongside Prince Harry were in exceptional danger until he was withdrawn.

John Eisenhower

And I definitely do that very British thing of, take things with a pinch of salt, stiff upper lip, you know what I mean?

Jessie J

It is up to you to decide that this has lasted long enough, that our boys are dying to serve no British interest but for the interests of a small clique of utterly unscrupulous men.

John Amery

I feel that an understanding could be reached with Germany which would result in a lasting peace with Europe and believe that a German victory is preferable to a British and Soviet victory.

Pierre Laval