Romance is the art of making someone feel chosen. These quotes capture the butterflies, the grand gestures, the quiet moments, and the particular electricity that exists between two people who have decided to pay close attention to each other.
“I'd like to be played as a child by Natalie Wood. I'd have some romantic scenes as Audrey Hepburn and have gritty black-and-white scenes as Patricia Neal.”
“I tend to play strong characters and people just assume that I would want to play romantic comedies, which I would love to do, but there are other women that do it so great and they maybe couldn't do what I do, play the kind of characters that I play.”
“If a man lets all of my dogs sleep in the bed with us, then that is the most romantic thing. You must love my dogs in order to love me. A man who is nice to my animals and doesn't shoo them away - well, that's the height of romance.”
“I'm a romantic guy.”
“I think the American West really attracts me because it's romantic. The desert, the empty space, the drama.”
“I can't remember a time when I didn't want to be a reporter. I don't know where I got the idea that it was a romantic calling.”
“The whole romantic part of my life was a wipeout. I didn't even own a belt.”
“The telephone, which interrupts the most serious conversations and cuts short the most weighty observations, has a romance of its own.”
“I have such a rich fantasy life, I can't help it. I do make up a lot of romantic stories in my head.”
“We must not, however, be like the leaders of the great romantic revolt who, in their eagerness to get rid of the husk of convention, disregarded also the humane aspiration.”
“It's a very romantic sentiment, but to think that you would die if you didn't write, well, I would definitely choose to not write and live.”
“I'm not what you might call sexy, but I'm romantic. Let's put it that way.”
“I saw Tequila Sunrise as a romantic picture with complex, bigger than life characters.”
“If I can give you one strong piece of advice, when you go away for that romantic weekend, whatever you do, do not accept or take the upgrade to the honeymoon suite.”
“I think romance is anything honest. As long as it's honest, it's so disarming.”
“I think I'm a romantic person, yeah.”