I shouldn't be saying this - high treason, really - but I sometimes wonder if Americans aren't fooled by our accent into detecting brilliance that may not really be there.

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It was extremely important to show that Wilde's sexuality was not just some intellectual idea....

It was extremely important to show that Wilde's sexuality was not just some intellectual idea....

I think my view is that whenever you project into the future you're never likely...

I think my view is that whenever you project into the future you're never likely...

There is so much we can learn from TV. It's a window on the world.

There is so much we can learn from TV. It's a window on the world.

No, I love the idea that someone changes. As an actor it's always the thing...

No, I love the idea that someone changes. As an actor it's always the thing...

You don't sit down and write a wish list about the person you are going...

You don't sit down and write a wish list about the person you are going...

It only takes a room of Americans for the English and Australians to realise how...

It only takes a room of Americans for the English and Australians to realise how...

I don't watch television, I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself.

I don't watch television, I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself.

Moving from chair to chair, from coffee machine to coffee machine is the limit of...

Moving from chair to chair, from coffee machine to coffee machine is the limit of...

Personally, I'd never seen a graphic novel. I knew they existed because friends of mine...

Personally, I'd never seen a graphic novel. I knew they existed because friends of mine...

Old Professors never die, they just lose their faculties.

Old Professors never die, they just lose their faculties.

But if one could go back in time, I'd love to have been directed by...

But if one could go back in time, I'd love to have been directed by...

Love in all eight tones and all five semitones of the word's full octave.

Love in all eight tones and all five semitones of the word's full octave.

I don't need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to...

I don't need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to...

As I say I don't want to kill myself, I just wouldn't mind dying.

As I say I don't want to kill myself, I just wouldn't mind dying.

Taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once. It is an...

Taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once. It is an...

I think we have all experienced passion that is not in any sense reasonable.

I think we have all experienced passion that is not in any sense reasonable.

Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.

Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.

I'd probably want to teach at university, because children would drive me insane. I suspect...

I'd probably want to teach at university, because children would drive me insane. I suspect...

Having been an actor and a writer for so long - 20 years or so...

Having been an actor and a writer for so long - 20 years or so...

Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better...

Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better...