Uk Culture Quotes

There's a real gun culture in the U.K., for those who don't know. It's very real.

I always have to get my U.K. fix, and 'Downton Abbey' is definitely that. I absolutely love period dramas, but this one is particularly appealing - following the ins and outs of aristocracy as well as the interaction between the rich and the poor.

I think there's something amazing about British soul.

We love pop and the U.K. specifically seems to embrace pop and it's so cool.

I think 'ex-model,' especially in the UK, smacks of being shallow and stupid and having no soul.

I'm proud to be British.

In England, 'The Muppet Show' is very much seen as an English thing. So for us in the U.K., it is one of the treasures of the history of children's TV and of comedy, basically.

The fans in the U.K. are so passionate and cool. It doesn't matter what company you work for or which part of the country you're in: everyone is super educated and respectful.

I feel very comfortable with the U.K. tone and humour and laid-back attitude.

Here in the UK the audience immediately reacts and they get the fact that: "What would be the most annoying thing in the world?" A Chesney Hawkes alarm clock!

All British people have plain names, and that works pretty well over there.

I come from Lambeth, Brixton.

The Windrush era is a very important part of British history as it helps us understand how and why we became the multicultural society we are today, and also helps us understand the history of race relations in this country.

There's a thing in the U.K., particularly in London, where it's kind of the idea of subculture and counterculture and the outside and the idea that it's great to be a freak, and the freak always wins. So I think English girls are a lot less scared of being the freak or looking like an idiot.

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.

In England, 'Doctor Who' has always been considered a children's show, at least by children.

One of the benefits of working outside the U.K. is that I don't have to keep fielding media/politicians' enquiries about 'Britishness' and its ills.

Dubstep has been big in the UK for years. I'm fine with hearing a dubstep drop in any song.

I absolutely love 'TOWIE.'

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.

Money doesn't make you happy - I know people in the U.K. with money, they never seem to be happy.

If you look at the history of the LGBTQ community, from my perspective growing up as I did in the U.K. in the '50s, there was just terrible, terrible discrimination, you know? It was extremely difficult to live your life as you should have been allowed to do.

Grime is now a very talkable subject.

Speaking as someone who didn't go through the U.K. school system, with all the culinary baggage that entails, I am inordinately fond of custard in any shape or form.

Sticky toffee pudding is my favorite dessert in the U.K.