Having been an actor and a writer for so long - 20 years or so - I felt that it would be daft to go to one's grave without having directed. It's a natural extension of writing and acting, and…

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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...

I think the fact that I'm so well known to be gay makes it very...

I think the fact that I'm so well known to be gay makes it very...

You can't reason yourself back into cheerfulness any more than you can reason yourself into...

You can't reason yourself back into cheerfulness any more than you can reason yourself into...

As someone who worked hard for a Labour victory in the 90s, do I regret...

As someone who worked hard for a Labour victory in the 90s, do I regret...

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.

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 a great intellect is no path to being happy.

Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.

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...

How can one not be fond of something that the Daily Mail despises?

How can one not be fond of something that the Daily Mail despises?

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.

Oh, it takes a lot for me to walk out of a film.

Oh, it takes a lot for me to walk out of a film.

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.

I like to think of myself at home in the armchair, writing, smoking and occasionally...

I like to think of myself at home in the armchair, writing, smoking and occasionally...

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...

If I had a large amount of money I should found a hospital for those...

If I had a large amount of money I should found a hospital for those...

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...

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...

I like spending time at home. In Paris, people drop by and have a bite...

I like spending time at home. In Paris, people drop by and have a bite...

You can't be friends with a squirrel! A squirrel is just a rat with a...

You can't be friends with a squirrel! A squirrel is just a rat with a...

The future is that period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are...

The future is that period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are...