• Name: Hugh Grant
  
• Birth Name: Hugh John Mungo Grant
  
• Height: 5' 11"
  
• Sex: M
  
• Nationality: British
  
• Birth Date: September 9, 1960
  
• Birth Place: London, England, UK
  
• Profession: actor, writer, producer
  
• Education: New College, Oxford University in Oxford, England (majored in Literature)
  
• Relationship: Elizabeth Hurley (actress, model; born on June 10, 1965; together 1986-2000)
  
• Father: James (carpet salesman; artist)
  
• Mother: Fynvola (teacher)
  
• Brother: James (banker; older)
  
• Claim to fame: as Charles in Four Weddings and Funeral (1994)
  

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• Asked to pin down a definition of British love: “…loving someone no matter what their faults in a blind and unconditional way, such as the love Tony Blair has for George Bush. That is the purest form of British love today."
• On Sandra Bullock: "Working with her just felt like I'd come home in some weird way, like she was the actress I was always supposed to do romantic comedies with. It was just bang on."
• "At school, I wanted to look more grown-up. So I used my mother's Ladyshave and really cut my face."
• "With 2 movies opening this summer, I have no relaxing time at all. Whatever I have is spent in a drunken stupor." [on his plans for the summer]"
• "The moral of filmmaking in Britain is that you will be f---ed by the weather."
• "Am I tired of playing repression? Personally, I enjoy it. A lot of American actors are always saying, 'Emote! Emote!' But people don't emote in real life. They behave, and they're very complex."
• "I had a huge crush on Olga Korbut, the gymnast. The only other person was Cliff Richard, which is embarrassing - it means that when I was seven I had bad taste and was presumably gay." "
• "The moral of filmmaking in Britain is that you will be screwed by the weather." "
• "I grew up without money. My parents didn't have money. But still a lot of people think I have always been rich."
• "Basically, my life is so boring, it's embarrassing."
• "For a few years, I was getting sacks full of origami and very sensitive letters which said I have sensitive eyes and a kind face. Little did they know I wanted their money, not their love."
• "I could do with more mobbing, particularly from women. I'd like to be treated like Ricky Martin."
• "I do, kind of, want to ram their microphones down their patronising throats - on being called posh by the media"
• "I don't particularly like babies. I don't mind them for about four minutes. That's my max. After that I can't quite see what everyone's fussing about."
• "I had one guy at a gas station in New York say to me, 'Hey, you look like that Hugh Grant. No offence'."
• "I just don't believe in love at first sight any more, even though I've based my whole career on the concept. In my experience, power, money and influence always attract the opposite sex. It's something that I've always exploited - with good results."
• "I watch an awful lot of women's sport recently. I don't know what that means about me. I watch the women's golf. I watch the women's tennis very much."
• "I've gone through phases of not reading the British newspapers - and your life just improves dramatically."
• "I've got four houses in my street. I live in two and the others are empty. I'll buy more as they come up, because I think it would be great to have the entire street."
• "Well, I've found that it has helped. But chatting up is still a misery. I'm bad at it until about three drinks and then I'm very, very good. Fame as an aphrodisiac? Hmmm. Well, I used to fancy famous girls, definitely."
• "Women are frightening. If you get to 41 as a man, you're quite battle-scarred."

• London Critics Circle Film Awards: British Actor of the Year, ABOUT A BOY (2003)
• Empire Film Awards: British actor, ABOUT A BOY (2003)
• Golden Camera (Germany): Best International Actor, ABOUT A BOY (2003)
• Evening Standard British Film Awards: Peter Sellers Award for Comedy, BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY (2002)
• Csapnivalo Awards: Golden Slate - Best Actor in a Leading Role, NOTTING HILL (2000)
• Empire Awards: Best British Actor, NOTTING HILL (2000)
• British Academy Award: Best Actor Leading, FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL (1995)
• Chicago Film Critics Association Awards: Most Promising Actor, FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL (1995)
• Evening Standard British Film Awards: Peter Sellers Award for Comedy, FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL (1995)
• Golden Globe Awards: Best Actor in a Leading Role-Musical or Comedy, FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL (1995)
• London Critics Circle Film Awards: Special Achievement Award, FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL (1995)
• Venice Film Festival: Best Actor, MAURICE (1987)

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