While we Brits love a curry, the French get their spicy kicks from the culinary traditions bestowed by their North African population.
Being English definitely gave me some insight into these eccentric Brits puttering around Hollywood.
I'm from Canada and my wife is from St. Albans, so I feel a great kinship with the Brits.
Brits are cool at the moment. We've taken over the world, what with 'Game of Thrones', 'Downton Abbey', One Direction... to be British is to be fashionable.
When I was in London for The Brits recently I read that I had asked for a Jacuzzi in the dressing room - how ridiculous is that?
I think American guys tend to be a bit more forward, a bit more chatty and open than the Brits. The Brits seem to have a darker sense of humor, though I have met some Americans who have adopted bits of the British dry sense of humor as well.
Brexit has really broken a taboo. The Brits have shown us that you can leave the European Union, and you can come out better.
People like Frank Zappa were amazing for us Brits.
I just feel like Brits are honest - period. And that's what I like.
Brits, Indians, Frenchmen and Belgians fought side by side in the trenches of the Somme and on the fields of Ypres.
If you're lucky enough to work with great actors and creative people, they're always just going to be who they are, so I don't think there's a difference between the Brits and the Americans.
I don't envy young Brits crossing the Atlantic to make their fortunes today.
I think Brits are more confident probably, and don't rely on self help in the way a lot of Americans do. But we've certainly got our share of hang ups.
Australia is an extraordinary country full of people who eat extraordinary food. There are Greeks, Italians, Vietnamese, Koreans, Chinese, Brits. It's so varied.
Americans are brought up to believe they can grow up to be the president of the United States. Brits are told, It won't happen to you.
It seems, whenever there are two Brits fighting in the UFC, we always seem to put on a good fight.
As Brits, we love a do, don't we? I adore our national celebrations. If I see a gold coach, you almost need to put me in a straitjacket, I get so excited.
You know, the Brits had a way of - running an empire. And I don't think America is comfortable with an empire.
To my astonishment, when Wolf Hall came out, people asked if I made it up - [Thomas More] burning of heretics. It was well documented. And he was proud of it! The Brits love lost causes.
Brits have a better sense of humor in most ways. It's darker, more cutting.
London's inspired my wardrobe 100 per cent. Layering and having cool coats. The Brits just do it right.
Besties Adwoa Aboah and Cara Delevingne have lot in common. They are both beautiful It Brits with impressive modeling chops - and matching half-heart tattoos that symbolize their unbreakable bond.
I love Brits! They are so full of energy and individuality. I am a fan!
We're like quirky Brits!
Brits love a road trip supporting a British fighter.
I like whimsy and satire, and that's what Americans like so much about Brits. We bring subtlety and sense of humor that you sometimes lack. We have a very long history of importing Brits like Christopher Hitchens who are better at it than Americans are.
The Brits like to see their local chefs do well - when a foreign chef comes in - even Joel Robuchon - they are harshly critical.
Ceremony and ritual are like a warm, fuzzy coat to the Brits. It feels good to put it on.
Londoners, Mancunians, and Brits across the country will never, ever be cowed by terrorism.
Between the action sequences, the pleasure lies in observing impeccably dressed Brits exchanging barbed witticisms - making it, basically, Downton Abbey with cyber crime and shower sex.
Yer a good lad, Atticus, mowin’ me lawn and killin’ what Brits come around.
I'm embarrassed when I see Brits abroad; they have their tops off, wear flip flops, and shout at the top of their voices.
You can suddenly have a series of countries waking up and saying, 'I want the same status as the Brits,' which will be, de facto, the dismantling of the rest of Europe.
The reason for my big success in England was the Brits - they started wanting to go on holidays, like Spain and Greece.
There is a certain advantage to the British accent. I do notice that Americans love it; they think the we Brits are smarter than perhaps we are.
I've spent a lot of time in L.A. and I love it. A lot of Brits can't stand the place, but I like the West Coast attitude and the way people celebrate success.
The BRIT awards is a really great occasion, especially for us Brits, because it shows the talent and support coming from our country.
The Brits always favor the underdog. There's an eccentricity to us, and I think you can see that through the fash- ion and the music and the way people look.
I don't know why, but American sci-fi writers seem to focus on the near-future, which has given us Brits a clear run at the most fascinating.
Brits, Scandinavians, Finns, Estonians consider themselves rational, logical, unencumbered by emotional arguments; we are businesslike, stubborn, and hard-working.
The Brits was an amazing place to get a broad musical education. But I never really thought I was going to be a singer because there was always someone better than me in my class.
German readers are much like Brits or Americans: They read for the thrill of it, the occasional shudder down the spine, knowing it's not real - but looking over their shoulders anyway, just in case.
The Brits are ghastly. I never would accept a Brit. It would be like Laurence Olivier being happy getting a TV Times award.
I'm one of those pesky Brits.
Brits love an underdog, don't they?
Brits have a peculiar sense of humour. I love it.
I think dysfunctional people are being funneled into very corporate behaviour. Look at the Brits... no one's fighting, and it's boring.
The Americans at heart are a pure and noble people; things to them are in black and white. It's either 'rawk' or it's not. We Brits putter around in the grey area.
If any Englishman said he has never called a Chinaman a chink he is lying. There is nothing bad about doing that. It is like calling the British Brits, or the Irish Paddies.
Even if the Brits decide to remain, we will have to avoid a contagion on other countries.
It's not Brits who think American readers are a bunch of whinging morons with the geo-social understanding of a wire coathanger, it's American editors.
Brits and Australians have a similar sense of humour, obviously because of our links. It's more sort of jibbing and doesn't take itself too seriously.
After 1945, shamefully, we Brits seemed dedicated to punishing the heroic Poles at every turn for their wartime loyalty.
Los Angeles gets a very bad rap, the perception, especially by us Brits, is 'Oh, it's so fake,' but it's the antithesis!
The Brits make the best murder mysteries - I mean, did you see 'Broadchurch'? Wasn't it amazing? I love the mysteries and trying to put it all together.
The Brits are perfectly capable of managing the Brits and don't need Brussels telling them how to manage things.
I love collecting things from auction - we Brits really are hoarders and collectors.
I tried to take my gran to the Brits, but she's 81, and I don't know if she was up for making the whole journey all that way for one night anyway.
There's definitely a wave of Brits doing great work on American television, and I wouldn't mind being one of them!
The tech rehearsal for Brits is so different. They have little glasses of wine and walk around saying, 'Lovely, darling, lovely.'
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