I am how I am. I cannot explain it well, but I don’t feel the nicest person, on the football pitch or in life, I’m just myself.

That’s the nicest part of football; you can’t do everything to stop a player.

One of the nicest satisfactions you can have is to be able to give something back to your parents when they’ve given so much to you.

My mom is an excellent mom. She knows I am irascible, prickly, and antisocial. She knows that most human interaction makes me tired and that I either scare people away with precise invectives or trot out the fakest, nicest skinjob of myself because it requires zero effort.

My father is undoubtedly one of the nicest, kindest, smartest, and warm-hearted people I know. He is truly a light that shines on this earth, and to know him is to love him. He is also the eternal optimist.

Why would I be embarrassed about being Canadian? I’m very proud. We’re just the nicest people. Everyone likes us.

I’ve had dates at the nicest restaurants, but when you leave, you’re starving, and the best part of the date is having a slice of pizza and a couple of drinks on the way home. I think it’s important to be able to roll with the punches and enjoy every minute of it.

I get a lot of people coming up to me and saying, ‘I really hate you.’ And they say it in the nicest possible way, and I accept it. It’s the people who come up to you and say, ‘I really liked your character. Man, he was right!’ Those are the ones you worry about.

I get some of the nicest fan mail you could imagine. Also when I’m up for an award, my fans all vote online and then they’ll boast to each other about how many thousands of times they’ve clicked my name. Their thumbs must be bleeding!

Growing up in South London was what moulded me, really. I grew up in Caford, Lewisham. It just meant a lot of time playing out with my friends… football, obviously. It wasn’t always the nicest area, but it was better for it.

When you look at a corporation, just like when you look at a slave owner, you want to distinguish between the institution and the individual. So slavery, for example, or other forms of tyranny, are inherently monstrous. The individuals participating in them may be the nicest guys you can imagine.

We travel all over the world, and it seems like the South is the place where the people are nicest and they think of the fellow man more.

‘Cheeni Kum’ was one of the nicest experiences.

People have all these preconceptions about me. Whereas if you look at the roles, Henry Hill was the nicest guy in ‘Goodfellas!’ I was a nice guy too in the comedy ‘Heartbreakers.’ And I was a really sweet father to Johnny Depp in ‘Blow!’

My husband is actually the nicest guy in the world. He’s my sweetheart and best friend, and one of the things I love best about him is that no matter how terrible I look – and believe me, it can get bad – he makes me feel pretty.

It turns out, the bikers and the truckers and people in dive bars are the nicest people in the world.

To be on the bench is not the nicest thing.

Geoff Johns, beyond being incredibly talented at what he does, he is one of the nicest human beings I have ever had the pleasure of working with, so he deserves everything that he gets.

I pride myself on being the nicest person in the room or being the nicest person to people.

All the awards in the world, you can get into all the nightclubs, they’ll send you the nicest clothes. Nothing better than walking into your dad‘s restaurant and seeing a smile on his face and knowing that your mom and dad and your sister are real proud of you.

I think one of the nicest things that we created as a generation was just the fact that we could say, ‘Hey, I don’t like white people.’

My mother was the nicest person in the world. I still have people coming to me to say how she was so warm, generous, and kind-hearted. She never washed her dirty linen in public. She always maintained her equations with people.

Thais are one of the nicest people I’ve ever met. It’s not called the land of smiles for nothing.

For writing, I get up early in the morning – 5 o’clock, 4:30. I’m a morning person… So I try to do it while people are asleep. The mornings are the nicest.

The one who really captured me and became my absolute favorite was Nat King Cole. He was a genius at what he did. Most people don’t realize what a great pianist he was. After listening to him for years, I finally met him, and he was the nicest human being.

Jessica Lange is a sweetheart, the nicest lady in the world. She has a Poodle named Jack.

The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.

Even though wrestling is getting more popular – wrestling being more popular than it was five years ago is like being the nicest guy in prison, it’s not a huge compliment, but it’s still taking place.

I was able to turn to classical music many people, who saw my programs live and on YouTube, and this is one of the nicest achievements I can have.

Rockers are the nicest people to photograph. They have no inhibitions.

I love to write just about more than anything, but there are times I have to force myself to sit down and work. I want to play with my daughter or watch a movie with my husband or go outside on the nicest day of the year. But if writing is going to be your job, you have to treat it like a job.

Troy Deeney is a good guy, he’s one of the nicest guys I’ve played with. He says it how it is. He’s not a guy that beats around the bush. If he’s not happy, he says what he feels.

I came to the United States to see what would happen in 2000 after working for 20 years in Australia and asked my agent to look out for the nasty roles because I’d become famous for playing the nicest man in Australia. So I wanted to play bad guys.

When Washington State has been good, they’ve always had a connection to Southern California. You know, as far as visiting, that’s different than recruiting. Recruiting is based on production and players, who you can get. You know, so, the nicest parts of Southern California aren’t necessarily the best players.

School was kind of rough for me. People weren’t always the nicest with what I was doing.

One of the nicest things to do in Kingston on a Sunday is eat johnnycake, Festival and fish at Hellshire Beach.

People build up a picture of Johnny Depp as being some sort of weird pirate character. In reality he’s incredibly nice… one of the nicest people I’ve ever met.

Werdum is one of the nicest, kindest people I’ve ever met.

Jack Black, I think, is probably the nicest person I’ve ever met in my life.

Noel Fielding is one of the nicest guys in show business. The first time I met him, I felt like I had met a rather wayward cousin whose take on the world made me laugh.

I’m the son of a vet and grew up with golden retrievers. Dogs have always loomed large in our lives but labradors have the nicest personalities: kind, loyal and caring.

I’d live in Glasgow if I could. I can’t praise it enough; it’s the nicest place I have ever worked and I’ve worked in a lot of nice places.

Of all the sportsmen I’ve ever met, cyclists are the nicest.

I think Edmonton‘s Rogers Place is still the nicest arena I’ve ever been to.

I won’t mention names, but in my career, the most talented people invariably are the easiest and nicest to get along with.

People have interpretations of what you’re supposed to be like. If you’re unattractive and overweight, you must have a great personality. If you’re attractive, then you must not be the nicest person. People are always taken aback that I’m easygoing but not necessarily stupid.

One of the nicest things about receiving the accolade of Australia is that, previously, the knighthood was historically for what was termed ‘the establishment.’ Now, this is an accolade for somebody who comes from a working-class background. Someone whose father was a truck driver and decided to buy a truck.

I represented women with unplanned pregnancies from age 14 to 40, and they range from living in their car to living in the nicest neighborhoods in town.

Sigourney Weaver was one of the nicest lady actors I have ever met. So friendly about everything.

I don’t feel like I need to air out dirty laundry or any drama. But Robin Williams was one of the nicest guys I’ve ever met, celebrity or not. The most humble, nicest guy. I will also say he had a lot of issues.

Trespass, the outdoor clothing company based in the South Side, is run by two of the nicest guys and proudest Glaswegians you could meet, Afzal and Akmal Khushi.

One of the nicest compliments I would get very often on the street is people would say, ‘I love you on ‘The Good Wife.’ I just can’t tell whether I should like you or hate you!’

There’s nothing – I’ve bought everything I want. I don’t like yachts or anything; you know, I’m not a yacht person, and I’ve got pretty much the nicest plane I’d want to have.

Printed books usually outlive bookstores and the publishers who brought them out. They sit around, demanding nothing, for decades. That’s one of their nicest qualities – their brute persistence.

I’m one of the nicest, most fair people I know.

Everybody’s got a father. Even if he’s not the nicest guy in the world.

The Internet is a big place where a lot of people can voice their opinions, and my mother chooses to pick fights with random people from all over the world who don’t have the nicest things to say about me.

My dad is the nicest guy you’ll ever meet, and the easiest going.

The people who send us fan mail written in blood say the nicest things, so it doesn’t freak us out too much.

I know there are people who don’t like their audience or like the experience of being recognized or celebrated, but my audience has been very good – they don’t bother me and when they do contact me it’s usually on the nicest possible terms.

I take care of who I am and what I do, treating people in the nicest way possible and everything comes back in life.

Villains never know they are villains in a picture so I play this like I’m the nicest guy in the world.

It was a lot of fun doing ‘Felicity.’ She had just won the Golden Globe, and she was huge at the time, but she was like the nicest girl ever. As a guest star on a show, you get on the set and you feel out of place, but she was so nice to me and really cool.

When he proposed to me, Yash said one of the nicest things ever. He spoke of a vision in which he saw himself, his wife, and a stroller, with a baby, on a scenic beach. And the lady in his vision was me. That sealed the deal for me.

L.A. can be pretty insane because there’s so much show business here, but I also know a lot of kids who grew up in Manhattan who are some of the most normal, nicest people I know. Casting directors always say Chicago people are just nicer.

Alfred Molina is one of the nicest people on the planet and a complete master.

I grew up in Aberdare and some of the nicest beaches close by were at Tenby and Saundersfoot.

One of the nicest things about NBC is that Tom Brokaw is not Dan Rather.

I think I have the nicest fans in the world, and I quite like being surrounded by people if we’re all feeling the same emotion in the same room.

I remember showing Prince around Warners’ recording studios. He was the nicest kid.

The most talented people that I’ve met in this business are always the nicest.

One of the nicest things I ever read about our show was that a critic felt ‘Boardwalk Empire‘ could be the beginning of the blur between television and cinema, because the production values are so high and the storytelling is so compelling.

Having done film, TV and theatre, the nicest final bit of the jigsaw is to do live comedy, because you can talk to the audience. It feels really natural to be able to laugh with them, but at the same time still be within the framework of a play.

Brian Cox is the nicest guy, but he’s so arrogant.

Larry Hagman is one of the nicest people on the planet. He is so wonderful, so loving, so giving.

I’m obsessed with Lady Gaga. I saw her at the Alexander Wang fashion show after-party, and I think she’s the nicest person ever.

The nicest thing about coming of age is that I can do whatever I like.

When I was growing up, I got a lot of, ‘Oh, well, she bought the nicest horse, so of course she’s going to win.’ And I dealt with a lot of that.

The nicest thing that my friends who’ve known me for 15 or 20 years say to me is, ‘Man, it’s crazy that you’re the same guy.’ It’s like, ‘Which guy did you expect me to be?’

I’m not the nicest guy on stage.

Hugh Jackman is just the nicest person in the world. I know everybody says that, and it’s almost boring to hear, but he is really, really perfect.

Alex Kurtzman – he’s one of the nicest guys.

As a woman, and as somebody in the public eye, we always have to be ready for the red carpet and have the nicest outfit, work with the best makeup artist. While all that’s nice, we’re also human beings.

We get the impression through film and TV that Americans are violent gangsters with guns or upper-middle-class people in romcoms. I really liked the people. They were really warm. They could have been Brits. I mean that in the nicest possible way.

Jesse McCartney is one of the nicest people around. I hate when I hear bad things about him, because anyone who knows him would agree that he’s a good guy and really humble.

To be honest, ‘Jurassic Park‘ was before my time. I was super into the superhero movies and stuff. Mum and Dad, they were like, ‘Sam Neill – honey, do you know who that is?’ I’m like, ‘No. I’ll Google him.’ He’s the nicest person and a big kid.

My mother was an Earth Mother and the nicest person in the world.

When I was growing up, I kept hoping that I wasn’t really gay because I wanted to have children. I went through a long, tortured period, so the fact that I have been able to be true to myself and have a family has been the nicest surprise of my adulthood.

The Hindus are some of the nicest people you’ll ever meet.

I always thought I’d buy my mother a house if I ever became successful – a big, beautiful house on the nicest street in town. It didn’t exactly work out that way. I was still borrowing money from her in my 40s.

The nicest part of the prize, perhaps, is the effect on my friends and family. Each of them feels proud and happy to have the relationship with me that they do. In a way, it’s as though they received an award too, and I like that very much.

To me, the nicest luxury would be to have a room where I could keep all my books in one place – and have space for more.

For the most part, the first thing people I meet that aren’t Mormon say is, ‘I grew up with a Mormon family. They’re the nicest people I know.’ So when I see these statistics that it’s the most hated religion, I don’t know where they’re getting that from.

I like building teams and I want to run my own show, in the nicest possible way, to see how far I can go, starting with getting Macclesfield further up the table.

Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way.

I was on a soap opera before that for three years, where I was the nicest guy on earth.

I would have liked to have had more to do with Kristin Bauer van Straten. She’s the nicest human being that I think I’ve ever met.

You can have the nicest academy in the world, it doesn’t make any difference, it’s all about the people. Our job is all about the people.

The youngsters who live in housing projects are some of the most talented and nicest kids you’ll find anywhere. But they’re right on the cutting edge – they could go either way. You have to work with them, guide them, and mold them like a piece of clay.