If I'm Going To Appear In Front

One Of My Great Regrets, And I Don't Have Many, Is That I Spent Too Long Putting People's Status And Reputation Ahead Of Their More Important Qualities. I Learned Far Too Late In Life That A Long List Of Letters After Someone's Name Is No Guarantee Of Compassion, Kindness, Humour, All The Far More Relevant Stuff.

I Used To Think That Prizes Were Damaging And Divisive, Until I Got One, And Now They Seem Sort Of Meaningful And Important.

A Way Of Describing Performances That I Admire Is That There Is An Absence Of Careerism. It's A Clumsy Way Of Describing It But It Sort Of Does It For Me.

Emma Watson Is Adorable In The Extreme. She Is Such A Lovely Person.

I'm Not A World War Ii Buff. I Know A Little Bit About It, I Was Taught The Other Side Of The Story In School, So It Was Unfamiliar To Me, The Idea Of A German Resistance, And Yet It Was Considerable.