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Aging & Wisdom Quote by Jeremy Bulloch

"My favorite pudding is good old English apple pie"

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A throwaway line about dessert becomes, in Jeremy Bulloch's mouth, a neat little postcard from a certain kind of Britishness: cozy, unthreatening, and lightly performative. "My favorite pudding" is already doing cultural work. In Britain, "pudding" isn’t just a cup of Jell-O; it’s shorthand for the whole sweet course, a word that carries school-dinner nostalgia and Sunday-table warmth. Then Bulloch swerves into "good old English apple pie" - a phrase that’s almost comically loaded, because apple pie is as much a slogan as a food. It’s marketed as heritage: the sweet, dependable emblem you reach for when you want to signal tradition without starting an argument.

The intent reads as genial self-branding. Bulloch, best known for playing the faceless Boba Fett, is someone audiences project onto; this kind of answer gives them something safe to hold. No mystique, no controversy, just a comforting, kitchen-table preference. The subtext is: I’m ordinary, I’m rooted, I’m from somewhere specific - even if my most famous role is all armor and anonymity.

Context matters: celebrity interviews often ask about "favorites" precisely because they launder identity into consumer choices. Food is a socially acceptable confession. Bulloch’s pick isn’t exotic or aspirational; it’s a deliberate retreat from glamour. In a culture that sells stars as lifestyles, "good old English" is a wink toward familiarity: let the galaxy far, far away stay on screen; off it, he’s telling you he belongs to the everyday.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Bulloch, Jeremy. (2026, January 17). My favorite pudding is good old English apple pie. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/my-favorite-pudding-is-good-old-english-apple-pie-57182/

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Bulloch, Jeremy. "My favorite pudding is good old English apple pie." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/my-favorite-pudding-is-good-old-english-apple-pie-57182/.

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"My favorite pudding is good old English apple pie." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/my-favorite-pudding-is-good-old-english-apple-pie-57182/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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Jeremy Bulloch (born February 16, 1945) is a Actor from United Kingdom.

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