[Princess Margaret] was always trying to radicalize things.

That external struggle mirrors the struggle of this life force of energy that [princess Margaret] was.

I watched tons of archive footage of princess Margaret and listened to the music she loved; that was really immersive and brilliant.

I started to really enjoy the fact that [princess] Margaret was an exhibitionist. Even on a day-to-day basis, Margaret's costumes were always so much more dramatic and bold than Elizabeth's were.

People are so much more fascinated by the royal family generally than in England.

I really enjoyed stepping into that side of [princess Margaret] and being silly and naughty and fun.

I would argue [princess] Margaret is the tragic figure of the century.

My dad is a big extrovert - he's a doctor - but he always loved [William] Shakespeare and he took us to tons of theater.

At the same time, [princess Margaret] had a fragility and an insecurity in who she was and her position, because her sister had always got the education ever since David [Edward VIII] abdicated.

I watched her do speeches, but the only footage we could find of [princess] Margaret was archive footage, which was of her public presentation of herself.

[Queen Elizabeth] is just the granny queen! She's our granny queen who shakes people's hands!

People often belittle the place where they were born but heaven can be found in the most unlikely places.

NEVER COUNT A SACRIFICE AS A COST

Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful.

If you talk in your sleep, don't mention my name. If you walk in your sleep, forget where you came.

Men who think in lifetimes are of little use to statesmanship.

To go like a cat upon a hot bakestone.

For me I'd say... a fact that nobody knows about me is that I hate eggs, they gross me out. It's this weird thing from childhood, I don't know what it is, but I just think eggs are disgusting.

I LOVE Africa in general, South Africa and West Africa. They are both great countries.

The Princess Andromeda?" "Went ka-boom.

I think the rock'n'roll myth of living on the edge is a pile of crap.