“I think in general, romantic comedies tend to take one person's point of view, but every once in a while you get something that is balanced for two people.”
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“But no, I don't really like romantic comedies, so I don't really care. I never go see 'em.”
“Acting can be pretty challenging. I can't say making a romantic comedy is challenging, but to do anything well, you have to put yourself into it.”
“I feel close to Lloyd in 'Say Anything'. He was like a super-interesting version of me. Only I'm not as good as him. Whatever part of me is romantic and optimistic, I reached into that to play Lloyd.”
“I think I've only done one horror movie, Psycho III. That was a walk in the park compared to a romantic comedy.”
“What I'd really like to write is a romantic comedy. This is my favorite kind of movie. I feel almost embarrassed revealing this, because the genre has been so degraded in the past twenty years that saying you like romantic comedies is essentially an admission of mild stupidity.”
“I had these kind of unrealistic expectations that were fueled by romantic comedies, and it has both helped me and hurt me in many ways. It helped me because, in general, they've made me hopeful. I just figure things will eventually work out for me. But nobody is like any Tom Hanks character. Nobody is Hugh Grant. No one is Meg Ryan!”
“I have such a rich fantasy life, I can't help it. I do make up a lot of romantic stories in my head.”
“On 'The Office,' so much of the show is about disguising your true feelings and your romantic feelings because it was a mock documentary.”
“Suddenly I've got an overwhelming desire to surround myself with the aura of classical and Romantic art.”
“If I eat a huge meal and I can get the girl to rub my belly, I think that's about as romantic as I can think of.”
“I don't think Hollywood knows what to do with me. I would imagine that when it comes to romantic comedies, my name would be pretty low down on the list.”
“My new movie, Fools Rush In, is a romantic comedy and the girl I play in that is very warm, very sweet.”
“People expect me to be dark and gloomy, then write that I'm a jolly chap, and after all, that is what I am. I think it's a case of an absolute romantic naivety that there should be a parallel between the work and the artist.”
“I will never say never, but I will say never to doing the more typical romantic comedies. You know, unless I'm getting audited and I'm on the street and I desperately need some dough and that's the only thing that I'm getting.”
“The only thing I would unequivocally say is that I have never had any interest in romantic comedy I just couldn't do it. I think I'd be terrible.”
“I am a hopeless romantic. And I won't stop till I get it right.”
“I'm not what you might call sexy, but I'm romantic. Let's put it that way.”
“The state of New Jersey is really two places - terrible cities and wonderful suburbs. I live in the suburbs, the final battleground of the American dream, where people get married and have kids and try to scratch out a happy life for themselves. It's very romantic in that way, but a bit naive. I like to play with that in my work.”
“I had to satisfy the action fans, the romantic fans, the intellectual fans. It was a terrific burden.”
“I'm a romantic guy.”
“I think I'm a romantic person, yeah.”
“I had no romantic interest in Gable. I considered him an older man.”
“If you look at romantic comedies as pieces of commerce, the audience is looking for wish fulfillment.”