It's huge in the U.K., if someone's doing well, to put them down. That's what we do all the time. It's kind of like a cultural thing.
England's just very cynical. Like I am. Like we all are.
About California... "I thought it was an appalling place. Then I went through a period of being amused by it. Now it's sort of both. Californians don't have that marvelous British cynicism, but then the British can be so patronizing at times.
When anybody goes to L.A. from London, there's always this slight sense of, 'What are you doing? Who do you think you are? It's never gonna happen.' It's the classic, good-natured British cynicism.
I suppose I miss the British cynicism and the humor.
I think, generally, British people are more culturally cynical about the things that involve our own country. Especially the royals.
I get nostalgic for British negativity. There is an inherent hope and positive drive to New Yorkers. When you go back to Britain, everybody is just running everything down. It's like whatever the opposite of a hug is.
Californians don't have that marvelous British cynicism, but then the British can be so patronizing at times.
The British are much more cynical and regard the idea of a Globe reconstruction as an Elizabethan Disneyland. But the Americans have a real hunger for what they see as their history, their culture and their Shakespeare.
England's just very cynical.
It would be a sad day if we British stopped being cynical, but you sometimes wonder whether we overdo it.
