Category: romantic

I’m a really huge fan of the old romantic comedies from the ’30s and ’40s… Huge fan. I love all that stuff.

It seems to me that romantic comedies used to be about falling in love, but in recent years they’ve really become just comedies where the love story is only there as a spine to hang the jokes on.

Hugh Grant is the main man. He’s the number one romantic comedy man in the world.

It’s harder and harder to make a well-done romantic comedy these days because the conventions have been so played out.

Truthfully, I almost avoided ‘While You Were Sleeping,’ because I find those romantic comedies kind of precious, and they’re full of lines that leave you feeling a little bewildered when you say them.

I think Bond the character is distinct: He’s British, he has a certain code that he lives by, he’s incorruptible… he’s a classical hero, but he’s also fallible. He has inner demons, inner conflicts, and he’s a romantic.

I get some of my ideas from watching my three daughters, but most of them come from my own memories of growing up. I can remember how romantic I was, not just about love, but romance in the classic sense – the romantic ideals: of honor and truth, of loyalty, sacrifice and fairness. Those were … Read more

Consider what a romantic expedition you are on take notes.