I came from a family who believed in, in quotes, the Rights of Man, who believed that in order to justify the sort of luxurious life that the majority of us have, related to the whole world, that you had…

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I think Tom Paine is one of the greatest men that's ever lived.

I think Tom Paine is one of the greatest men that's ever lived.

I was on my own union council for twenty-odd years.

I was on my own union council for twenty-odd years.

I am passionately opposed to capital punishment, and I have been all my life.

I am passionately opposed to capital punishment, and I have been all my life.

I do not have a brain that I long for in dealing with matters of...

I do not have a brain that I long for in dealing with matters of...

I'm a passionate trade unionist.

I'm a passionate trade unionist.

David has asked me, a number of people have asked me and said, What performance...

David has asked me, a number of people have asked me and said, What performance...

I prefer fact to fiction.

I prefer fact to fiction.

I can't write, I can't paint, I don't compose.

I can't write, I can't paint, I don't compose.

I just love biography, and I'm fascinated by people who have shifted our destinies or...

I just love biography, and I'm fascinated by people who have shifted our destinies or...

I believe in trade unionism, and I believe in democracy, in democratic trade unionism.

I believe in trade unionism, and I believe in democracy, in democratic trade unionism.

Well, I think In Love and War, which had a wonderful performance by Sandy, Sandra...

Well, I think In Love and War, which had a wonderful performance by Sandy, Sandra...

In other words, if you - the cost of promoting movies, the advertising and promotion...

In other words, if you - the cost of promoting movies, the advertising and promotion...

I think it is obscene that we should believe that we are entitled to end...

I think it is obscene that we should believe that we are entitled to end...

I don't read a great deal of fiction, to my shame, other than the classics.

I don't read a great deal of fiction, to my shame, other than the classics.

What I am sad about is that there is now, in America, no equivalent to...

What I am sad about is that there is now, in America, no equivalent to...

There's nothing more important in making movies than the screenplay.

There's nothing more important in making movies than the screenplay.

If you've ever seen the film In Which We Serve, but it was about a...

If you've ever seen the film In Which We Serve, but it was about a...

I do care about style. I do care, but I only care about style that...

I do care about style. I do care, but I only care about style that...

Well, you cannot think of cinema now, and you cannot think of cinema in the...

Well, you cannot think of cinema now, and you cannot think of cinema in the...

And there are certain things, and they are evident, obviously, without being boring about it,...

And there are certain things, and they are evident, obviously, without being boring about it,...