I was writing an earnest novel about cruises in the Caribbean and I just started writing 'Bridget Jones' to get some money, to finance this earnest work, and then I chucked it out.
Bridget Jones has a lot to answer for.
I think that's the whole point of Bridget Jones. It's all about that it's okay to fail.
Bridget Jones is part of literary lore now and actually to be a part of it is enormously flattering.
On his fight scene with Hugh Grant in Bridget Jones: It was a delicious experience.