Grumpy Quotes

Chris (Christopher Eccleston) was always grumpy. You don`t always have to be intense. There comes a point when intensity makes you miserable - I think that was the case with Chris. I much prefer working with David (David Tennant) - he likes to have a bit more fun, he`s more charismatic as a person. Chris might have been a great Doc but he was darker and had a chip on his shoulder, he was not as much fun on set as David. I will give him the credit that he was the first Doctor to bring back the series and made a damn good job of it. But I just wouldn`t go to the pub with him. On the other hand, David`s been to my house, we went to the Madonna concert with our partners - we socialise together. He`s a lot more fun.

Being a mother gives you an incredible feeling of empowerment, you think if I can go through such pain and that level of sleep and still operate and not be grumpy you can do anything. It can be quite scary, you can`t function your brain, forget your vocabulary.

(On filming "Funny Face", while coping with extreme Paris weather and a grumpy co-star) Here I`ve been waiting for 20 years to dance with Fred Astaire, and what do I get? Mud in my eye!

I think I did have a reputation for being grumpy. I don`t think I`m grumpy. I have opinions. I have an independent vision. I am a purposeful person. But on a daily basis, I think I`m other than grumpy. I think it is a case where I am coming to do business and not there just to be flattered and cajoled and used.

I have plenty of pet hates. I can`t stand people scraping their plate or slurping their soup. I can`t stand waiting in lines. I hate people talking inanely about the Lord Of The Rings. I hate people whistling. But I`m not like this because I`m famous. I`ve always been a grumpy bastard.

I didn`t like my Bond Girl outfits. The designer was a friend of the directors and I thought they were too boring and middle-aged for my character. The right costumes are essential for getting into a part; I`ve witnessed many costume parades with grumpy or even weeping actors because they`ve been put into the wrong thing.

One thing that`s coming up a lot is: are you as grumpy as you appear from this Black Books thing.

In actual life I am a grumpy old bag.

I used to be good with kids, but as I get older, I`m grumpy and terrible with them. As for doing a gig at a 6-year old`s birthday party, you couldn`t pay me enough.

I think you`re the grumpy Kid in the Hall, I`m the nice Kid in the Hall.

He wasn`t the easiest to coach because he can get kind of grumpy if he makes a mistake, but he`s a natural.

I had a bit of grumpy period a few years back, but that`s over now,