My father was a CPA. He worked hard in the aircraft industry, and would come home more and more infrequently. He was about to leave my mother, which he did when I was 15.

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I was not naturally intellectual, but somebody whose interest had to be whetted, still the...

I was not naturally intellectual, but somebody whose interest had to be whetted, still the...

So I continued through my next school, which takes me up to the age of...

So I continued through my next school, which takes me up to the age of...

No, I don't believe in hard work. If something is hard, leave it. Let it...

No, I don't believe in hard work. If something is hard, leave it. Let it...

I think I would not be described as a character actor in that I don't...

I think I would not be described as a character actor in that I don't...

Because I'm now successful, what I'm being offered as an actor is more and more...

Because I'm now successful, what I'm being offered as an actor is more and more...

Actors often behave like children, and so we're taken for children. I want to be...

Actors often behave like children, and so we're taken for children. I want to be...

At age 10 or 12 he's going to boarding school in the Isle of Wight....

At age 10 or 12 he's going to boarding school in the Isle of Wight....

I constantly experience failure in that my work is never as good as I want...

I constantly experience failure in that my work is never as good as I want...

Now in my theater training I showed no aptitude at all.

Now in my theater training I showed no aptitude at all.

My next step must be to go to drama school. Well, I get into drama...

My next step must be to go to drama school. Well, I get into drama...

So nevertheless, what I'm saying is that what one is - one's parameters are constantly...

So nevertheless, what I'm saying is that what one is - one's parameters are constantly...

Paris Hilton, that's very interesting what she did. I've never done that. I haven't really...

Paris Hilton, that's very interesting what she did. I've never done that. I haven't really...

Americans enjoy uniformity in a way that the British don't; they wanted everybody of a...

Americans enjoy uniformity in a way that the British don't; they wanted everybody of a...

What I try to do as an actor is constantly find that, find ways to...

What I try to do as an actor is constantly find that, find ways to...

An acting assistant stage manager in a theater in Canterbury, a rep theater. A small...

An acting assistant stage manager in a theater in Canterbury, a rep theater. A small...

A trip to the mainland was a big event and happened maybe once a year,...

A trip to the mainland was a big event and happened maybe once a year,...

I envy children who know that they're going to become doctors, know they're going to...

I envy children who know that they're going to become doctors, know they're going to...

The sad thing about any business I suppose, but in mine you see it particularly,...

The sad thing about any business I suppose, but in mine you see it particularly,...

However, I wasn't very good at the sciences, or didn't have a lot of help...

However, I wasn't very good at the sciences, or didn't have a lot of help...

I succeeded on sort of chutzpah and charm. No technique at all, didn't know what...

I succeeded on sort of chutzpah and charm. No technique at all, didn't know what...