Quotes About England

Being a posh actor in England you cannot escape the class-typing from whatever side you look at it.

I know it could be a bit more difficult in England because you are not playing all the time and you play in different positions. But I do expect to score many goals for Chelsea and I hope to keep the average of between 10 to 20 goals a season, that would be good.

For a brief moment, Ian Fleming made being an Englishman seem sexy, even to the French. He should have been awarded a knighthood, even possibly the Garter.

The thing is this: I've got an amazing career in England that couldn't possibly get much better. I do the best theater around, I work at the National Theater, the Old Vic - which I'm sure you've heard of because it's the one Kevin Spacey runs - and I play the most amazing roles and work with the most amazing directors.

I was fascinated by the culture clash between England and America in the 1950s. My first memories are of being a girl in those post-war years when things were really pretty grim. It wasn't like that in America, which was real boom time.

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

In football, contact is normal, especially in England.

When I went to England the first time, everyone asked the same question - how come you're so big in Europe and nothing in England. And I told them that all the continents, they're coming, one by one.

I have two years left on my contract with Hertha Berlin, but I'd like to play in England and if I'm offered a good contract from an English club then I'd want to go there.

I am not at all convinced by Pogba. He plays a lot in England - it's true - but I expected a lot more from him.

It is a physical game here in England, but I can cope with it.

You have to cope with expectation if you want to play for England.

If I avoid anything, it's that I don't really go to places that are like a little corner of England. I also never mind going to a dance show because I love it all so much.

Windmills are going to be the death of Scotland and even England if they don't do something about them. They are ruining the countryside.

At home, I hardly ever leave London. I don't like the countryside in England.

I would have enjoyed playing some county cricket and learning my art that way, but I never had any ambitions at all to play for England, that's for sure.

There's no cowboys in England.

Having something that makes money changes everything. I'm from England, and it's very much about credibility there. And yeah, it is about that. But the money can change things. And so you understand it's a business.

Playing cricket in England is what I am looking forward to, and I would love to bowl at Lord's again.

I think Andrew Strauss never gets enough credit for what he's done for English cricket.

England is leading the way in women's cricket.

When I first started playing cricket for England, there was hardly any coverage.

I had to go to England to really learn about American racism in a way that corroborated my reality. That was critical.

I think my dad always believed I would play for England, probably more than I believed it, but it never crossed our minds that we weren't going to make it.