I can only do it if there's humour, wit, comedy and drama. If you can get audiences laughing and then suddenly turn them to tears... it's a weird way…

- Nigel Cole

Amongst my friends, I am known as the most cynical person they know - I'm incredibly cynical. I don't believe in God, I don't believe in the supernat…

- Nigel Cole

Making a movie in Hollywood is a bit like playing a board game, where you have to throw a six to start.

- Nigel Cole

I can't find anything wrong with Ashton Kutcher. I think he's great. It's odd that in America there's a very mixed reaction to him. I think those tha…

- Nigel Cole

I think your 20s are the hardest part of life. I mean, everyone goes on about how hard it is to be a teenager, but actually I think it’s tougher to b…

- Nigel Cole

I think the first rule of comedy is that it has to be funny and I find a lot of the broad comedy which is sent to me, painfully unfunny.

- Nigel Cole

I'm not making films for middle aged journalists, who are mostly men. I make films that hopefully entertain people, where they can learn something ab…

- Nigel Cole

I think films about men are often about characters who don't want to express their feelings. You're supposed to kind of admire them for not expressin…

- Nigel Cole

In England we only make films about the working class or the aristocracy.

- Nigel Cole