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Hugh Grant

The reason I turn down 99% of a hundred, I mean a thousand, scripts is because romantic comedies are often very romantic but seldom very funny.

Hugh Grant

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Hugh Grant is saying that he rejects most scripts because romantic comedies usually focus more on romance than on humor. He implies that these films often fail to be genuinely funny, which is important to him when choosing roles.

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