One Of The Best Things About Being

My Own Grandfathers Were A Submarine Commander And A 'desert Rats' Tank Operator In The Second World War.

I Had Parents Who Were Working Actors, Who Did Really Well In Their Careers, But It Was A Living. So It Was A Reality For Me Growing Up; It Wasn't A Fantasy. It Wasn't Sitting There Going, "i Want To Be Adored." It Wasn't That At All. Not To Say That The Screams Of Fans Aren't A Smile-raiser, But That Was Never The Pull For Me.

The Generation Now Below Me Were Born Into A World Where If You're A Kid With Raw Talent Now, You Can Roll In And Land A Lead In A Scorsese Film. You Don't Have To Have Prove Yourself By Working Up The Ranks, Doing The Classics, And Getting The Canon Under Your Belt In The Way The Great Sirs And Dames Of Mom And Dad's Generation - The [ben] Kingsleys And [helen] Mirrens And [anthony] Hopkinses And People Of That Ilk.

My Assessment Of Julian Assange Is A Professional One, Really, Of What He's Managed To Achieve, And The Idea That He Came Up With, Which Set The World Alight And Continues To Inspire Others Like Snowden [nsa Leaker Edward Snowden], About The Secret Goings-on That Are Done In Our Name With Our Tax Dollars On Behalf Of Big Business Or Politics. He Launched The Revolutionary Idea That Citizens Can Start To Claim Back A Paradigm For Questioning Power Structures And Those In Authority Through An Anonymous, Whistle-blowing Website.

My Mum And Dad Had Worked Incredibly Hard To Afford Me An Education.