The smell of her hair, the taste of her mouth, the feeling of her skin seemed to have got inside him, or into the air all around him. She had become a physical necessity. – George Orwell 1984. Part 2, Chapter 4. Winston’s desire for Julia.
When I was a child, the temptation to sin was always a romantic option. This romantic option led me to the cinema, a place where sin was welcome. – Harmony Korine
The most impactful place that I’ve been to where I was just completely awestruck, happy, moved is Victoria Falls between Zambia and Zimbabwe. It is probably the most beautiful and romantic place in the world. – Hill Harper
A lot of romantic comedies are just light romantic dramas, or the comedy comes off second-best. – Graeme Simsion
‘Not Another Happy Ending’ is a romantic comedy starring Karen Gillan and Stanley Weber. It is about these two characters and their relationships. – Henry Ian Cusick
Hip hop is the strongest form of protest there is, and it doesn’t always have to be a violent protest. It can be romantic, also. When you listen to Kanye West’s ‘Street Lights’ for example, there’s romance, there’s pain – you feel the essence. I get the same thing from Drake and 2 Chainz. – Giuseppe Zanotti
It’s good to be able to be a leading lady, to be a romantic lead, to play opposite people who are talented, and charismatic and stuff. – Heather Graham
Blushing is thought to be linked to increased levels of norepinephrine in the brain, which may be associated with romantic feelings. It signals that we are interested and excited, which is attractive to men. – Helen Fisher
You know, I always got offered other stuff. Not the romantic leads, obviously. But very often it’s a role that’s underwritten, where the character has no personality at all. And they need a character actor who can fill it in. – Harvey Fierstein
As it is, I have a limited range as an actor – light comedy. I have never been a fan of romantic comedies, and yet that is what I have ended up mostly doing. – Hugh Grant
You think, ‘Musicals, they must always be romantic’ – You’d be surprised how few of them historically have ever been romantic. – Harold Prince
I don’t think I’ll ever escape the fact that I don’t belong anywhere in particular. 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. – Hugo Weaving
I’m currently working on a romantic comedy between me and Philip Seymour Hoffman. So my next step is to write something so mind-blowingly spectacular that he has no other choice but to agree to do it! Wish me luck. – Haley Webb
I would pretend to be the French lieutenant’s woman. I was always a romantic. I still am, actually. – Helena Bonham Carter
Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart. – Henry Ward Beecher
The ecstatic insanity of romantic pursuit can be so enhanced by music that entire romantic conquests, victories and ruinous, crushing defeats can be tied to songs to such a degree that it’s almost unbearable to listen to them again, as they bring back the memories so vividly. – Henry Rollins
I’m looking forward to sproglets but, as I’m the main breadwinner, I feel I ought to capitalise on my career for a bit longer. Mother keeps telling me I should go and freeze some eggs. Not terribly romantic, is it? – Honeysuckle Weeks
I was very influenced by the musicals and romantic comedies of the 1930s. I admired Gene Harlow and such, which probably explains why, since the end of my marriage, I’ve dated nothing but a succession of blondes. – Hugh Hefner
I’m not a hopeless romantic. I’m quite the reverse. I’m a nasty piece of work, an ego maniac. – Hugh Grant
I’m not trying to be romantic. I think you can tell when people are trying to be sexy onstage. When I was doing ‘All the Way,’ I was really thinking about my wife. People don’t know my personal experience, but they can tell it’s an honest interpretation. – Harry Connick, Jr.
In the early days of Christianity the exercise of chastity was frequently combined with a close and romantic intimacy of affection between the sexes which shocked austere moralists. – Havelock Ellis
Rather nostalgically, I sometimes think I could still play Juliet. Inside, I’m still an incorrigible romantic. – Gemma Jones
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. – Hugo Weaving
That’s so romantic, to wake up and find that he’s packed a bag – and that for the next 48 hours, everything is taken care of. – Hannah Simone
German accents and Hassidic accents aren’t that romantic. They’re more harsh. Although Hebrew, when spoken by certain people, sounds beautiful. There’s this beautiful woman I know who speaks Hebrew, and when she speaks, it’s so attractive. Maybe it’s who’s speaking it. – Janeane Garofalo
