I used to do an impersonation of Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage in a romantic relationship.
I regard romantic comedies as a subgenre of sci-fi, in which the world operates according to different rules than my regular human world.
My mum would say sometimes, ‘Do you think you might be gay?’ But it wasn’t that. When I imagined myself in a romantic setting, it was heterosexual, but I was just always a girl.
If I were given a choice between two films and one was dark and explored depraved, troubled or sick aspects of our culture, I would always opt for that over the next romantic comedy.
I’m really kind of a little bit romantic for the lost era. There’s a lot of us that are – kind like James Murphy, same thing – we feel like it’s this magic era that happened before us. And it wasn’t even necessarily disco.
I can sing in various genres, but my heart truly lies in singing romantic songs. This has been my forte ever since I was 8 or 9.
I am a hopeless romantic.
I’ve often dreamed about going back to Nigeria, but that’s a very romantic notion. It’s a hideous country to go to in reality.
The first thing that inspires me is my mood, but I take inspiration from a lot of things: a rock song, a romantic movie or a specific lifestyle, like 1960s London and, of course, Italian ‘dolce vita!’
Being a black woman, there’s so many different sides of us. We are funny, silly, romantic, professional, smart, and we have good jobs.
Acting is not about anything romantic, not even fantasy, although you do create fantasy.
I’m not a romantic. In life I didn’t have much experience with romance.
Is this not the true romantic feeling; not to desire to escape life, but to prevent life from escaping you.
You know, I think that romance sort of coincides with effort, so you can fall flat on your face, but as long as you’re making a great effort, I think it comes off as romantic.
I like to think of myself as a romantic person!
Flowers would be wasted on me. I don’t like valentines. I don’t need gifts. I’m a pragmatic romantic.
Romance can end, but I don’t think art really ends, as romantic as that might sound.
I love Indian, Italian and Mexican food. And if it’s a romantic type of thing, I like a good French restaurant.
If one looks at my choices, all of them have been unconventional. There’s not a single song-and-dance or romantic film.
It seems to me that romantic comedies used to be about falling in love, but in recent years they’ve really become just comedies where the love story is only there as a spine to hang the jokes on.
I grew up on romantic comedies and love watching those films. They were, like, a real joy and a source of great pleasure and an escape.
I like to swim a lot, while Stjepan likes to take long walks with girls. He’s the very romantic type. Yes, musicians are romantic.
My mother was a reader; my father was a reader. Not anything particularly sophisticated. My mother read fat historical or romantic novels; my father liked to read Westerns, Zane Grey, that kind of stuff. Whatever they brought in, I read.
‘Birugali Yondige’ is a pathos song, but it sounds romantic.
I loved the whole New Romantic, New Wave thing… New Order, Soft Cell, Depeche Mode, Gary Numan, Blancmange, Yazoo.
