“I like L.A., but I think what's changed is that the kinds of films I d...” — Christopher Hampton Quote

“I like L.A., but I think what's changed is that the kinds of films I do, the mid-range dramatic film, has become an endangered species.”

“If you take a really good book, then the potential is for a really good film. But you've got to get it right.”

“I find I have to give myself a day when I just shut myself off and do nothing but read.”

“I'm known as a kind of dramatic, serious, almost humorless actor and the fact is, I'm a funny guy, and I spend most of my life trying to find a lighter side of things, and on stage was given plenty of opportunity to do that.”

“I've always loved telling stories in a big way, of being dramatic to the point of hilarity.”

“I never put out a history, I put out a dramatic history.”