I envy children who know that they're going to become doctors, know they're going to go into the forces or whatever. I think choice is one of the hardest things, but that's what I try to give my children, to…

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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,...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

My father was a CPA. He worked hard in the aircraft industry, and would come...

My father was a CPA. He worked hard in the aircraft industry, and would come...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...