Americans enjoy uniformity in a way that the British don't; they wanted everybody of a sort of nice chorus line height and here I was, this person who was a good three inches taller than anyone else on the end…

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We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take...

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,...

And trust, yes, which is important, but that is what I aim towards. Now that...

And trust, yes, which is important, but that is what I aim towards. Now that...

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...

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...

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....

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...

We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take...

We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take...

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...

It's always great to play a man who sets himself up to be punctured.

It's always great to play a man who sets himself up to be punctured.

And whenever I'm in a situation where I'm wearing the same as 600 other people...

And whenever I'm in a situation where I'm wearing the same as 600 other people...

I had done a fair bit of traveling during the holidays in my school days...

I had done a fair bit of traveling during the holidays in my school days...

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...

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...

So the better my partner or my opposition, however you like to think about it,...

So the better my partner or my opposition, however you like to think about it,...

I was the youngest. The yule lamb. The one who always got away without doing...

I was the youngest. The yule lamb. The one who always got away without doing...

I liked the theater. I liked the people. I liked the time that we worked.

I liked the theater. I liked the people. I liked the time that we worked.

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...

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...