“The terrible thing in England is if you interview a thousand people, five hundred of them will talk like they're going into a Guy Ritchie movie and the other five hundred will be Mr. Darcy. So we had to find cool, working class kids with no profile who could be John Travolta and James Dean and people like that.” PeopleIfsKidsGuyClassFiveTerribleThousandHundredEnglandInterviewsWorking ClassTerrible ThingsProfileDeanDarcy Author:Ricky Gervais
“I have always been English, ever since I emigrated from England and since the kids in Canada beat me up at the age of twelve for having an East London Cockney accent. I thank them for the cockney taunts because the beatings turned me on to boxing. But on a serious note Canada has been kind to me.” KindHas BeensKidsAgeSeriousBeatsEnglandNotesEastLondonBoxingCanadaTwelveAccentsTauntingCockneysEast London Author:Lennox Lewis
“I always wanted to be a comedian. I loved comedy since I was a little kid, and while I was at university I started doing stand up shows. Once I realized that I was good at it I quit college and left although I had six months left. I went to England. I could have done the last six months but I realized that I was better at standup comedy than I was at singing opera.” LittlesDoneShowsKidsWantedLastsLeftComedyCollegeMonthsSixSingingEnglandUniversityI RealizedQuittingComedianOperaSix MonthsLittle KidI Quit Author:Jim Jefferies
“I think when I was a kid, and I was in England and it was all about The Stones, The Who, The Kinks and The Beatles and that's what my dad was into.” ThinkingKidsDadStonesEnglandMy DadKink Author:Slash
“I think there's a pride of what a real American can be. I mean, I'm a transplant, but I've got American kids and an American wife, and when I go back to England I feel more like an American, the way I look at the world, is more from an American perspective at this point. I've traveled every state 30 or 40 times, and have met an amazing array of people, and I have found Americans to be among the most kind and tolerant people I have ever met.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayFeelsLooksKindMeanRealStatesKidsFoundWifePerspectivePrideMetsEnglandTraveledTransplants Author:Dave Wakeling
“I was one of those kids who thought I could be the president of England when I grew up if I wanted to. Then I started acting and realized life is hard and people are mean. And there's no president of England and I'm not British.” PeopleIfsMeanHardKidsWantedLife IsPresidentActingGrewGrew UpEnglandBritishLife Is Hard Author:Riley Keough
“I don't really think kids care much these days - they just tell you to f*** off.” ThinkingCareKidsEnglandThese Days Author:Robbie Fowler
“There's so many kids out there and it's such a cut-throat world. I've seen a lot of my mates, you know, who are better players than me at a certain age, and they're not in football now.” KnowsWorldKidsAgeCertainCuttingPlayerFootballEnglandThroatMates Author:Frank Lampard
“You should always give 100%. If you do that then no-one can ask any more of you. Someone once said to me when I was a kid: 'If you're asked to do ten sprints, by all means do 11 but never do nine because you're only cheating yourself'.” IfsGivingShouldMeanSaidKidsAsksTenEnglandNineCheatingSprintCheating Yourself Author:Alan Shearer
“I sponsored every team in the Park Slope Little League for years.I sponsor two soccer teams in England, one of which is called Broadley F.C. A kid wrote to me through Facebook because they started a team in honor of their friend who died of leukemia, and he played in the band of this very obscure team in England.” YearsLittlesTwoKidsTeamHonorBandEnglandDiedSoccerLeagueParksObscureSlopesSponsorsLittle LeagueLeukemiaSoccer Team Author:Adam Richman
“I remember when I was a kid, I loved Sherlock Holmes. I thought Arthur Conan Doyle was one of the greatest writers, because I felt I knew Sherlock Holmes. He existed to me. When I went to England the first thing I did was go to Baker Street to look for his house. I think you've got to try to make all of your characters as empathetic and realistic as possible.” ThinkingTryingFirstsLooksCharacterKidsRememberHouseFeltStreetsEnglandRealisticRemember WhenHolmesArthurBakersEmpatheticConanBaker Street Author:Stan Lee
“I mean the interesting thing I think would be if something happened like, what happened in England where all these kids that all of a sudden can't afford the ticket prices.” IfsThinkingMeanChildrenWould BeKidsInterestingHappenedEnglandTicketsInteresting Things Author:Lester Bangs
“My first crush was Hayley Mills when I was a little kid in England. I used to kiss her picture goodnight.” FirstsLittlesKidsUsedKissingEnglandCrushLittle KidMillsFirst KissFirst Crush Author:Rick Springfield
“Being an England supporter is like being the over-optimistic parents of the fat kid on sports day.” KidsSportsParentFootballEnglandFatsOptimisticSoccerComedianSupporterHumoristsFunny JokesSoccer TeamBlind OptimismFat Kid Author:John Bishop