Rhianna Pratchett Quotes

No one can be as calculatedly rude as the British, which amazes Americans, who do not understand studied insult and can only offer abuse as a substitute.

I'm one of those pesky Brits.

They'll always be an England, even if it's in Hollywood.

As always, the British especially shudder at the latest American vulgarity, and then they embrace it with enthusiasm two years later.

The Americans love me because I'm so completely unwilling to change my whole Britishness.

Americans like to think 'Python' is how English people really are. There is an element of truth to that.

There is a certain advantage to the British accent. I do notice that Americans love it; they think the we Brits are smarter than perhaps we are.

I'd be quite excited to play somebody British.

England as a culture has endured so much more than America has as a culture, so it's given them a different perspective.

One of the great things about making 'Reel History' was meeting British people from all over the class system. It made me realise that London is a different country.

Bond may be a very international, cosmopolitan kind of character, but underneath it all, he is essentially British.

I think Americans have always been pretty outspoken. I always found that if you had emotions in England, it's like, 'Here's a cup of tea.'

Brits have a peculiar sense of humour. I love it.

My entire act is through and through British. I reference everything British.

The British tend to be uptight; they shy away from being tactile.

The Brits know how crazy Adele is. Americans have no clue about Adele and how crazy she is!

Suddenly, in the space of a moment, I realized what it was that I loved about Britain - which is to say, all of it. Every last bit of it, good and bad - old churches, country lanes, people saying 'Mustn't grumble,' and 'I'm terribly sorry but,' people apologizing to ME when I conk them with a careless elbow, milk in bottles, beans on toast, haymaking in June, seaside piers, Ordnance Survey maps, tea and crumpets, summer showers and foggy winter evenings - every bit of it.

I'm just a foul-mouthed Brit.

I met an American lady many years ago, much distant. Then I told her about my own difficult experiences and I showed some genuine concern. She responded, "Why are you so concerned about me?" We need more patience. At a fundamental level, we are the same human brothers and sisters. Then forget it. The human mind is very strange. Like that.

An Englishman fears contempt more than death.

Tea is one of the main stays of civilization in this country.

rain is one thing the British do better than anybody else.

I love Britain, I lived there for nine years doing shows and things, but I don't know what a British sensibility is. I'd like to have someone tell me what an American sensibility is.

Some tortures are physical And some are mental, But the one that is both Is dental.

But I was too restless to watch long; I'm too Occidental for a long vigil. I could work at a problem for years, but to wait inactive for twenty-four hours - that's another matter.