I never used to sleep much. I think we all go through a bit of a time like that where we rage about. If we don't, I don't think you've ever really lived.

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I didn't know what to do with myself. I wasn't excited by the teaching of...

I didn't know what to do with myself. I wasn't excited by the teaching of...

Both my parents were doctors, and my mother had her surgery in the house. There...

Both my parents were doctors, and my mother had her surgery in the house. There...

I was often very, incredibly naughty, and if I didn't come home at tea time...

I was often very, incredibly naughty, and if I didn't come home at tea time...

If you've got a lot of children, I think you let the other children bring...

If you've got a lot of children, I think you let the other children bring...

My father said, If you want to do acting, you have to be successful, which...

My father said, If you want to do acting, you have to be successful, which...

When I did Taming of the Shrew, I was very tired, and I decided to...

When I did Taming of the Shrew, I was very tired, and I decided to...

I learnt the theory of movement, which I still teach sometimes. I was very, very...

I learnt the theory of movement, which I still teach sometimes. I was very, very...

I got through my teen years by being a bit of a clown.

I got through my teen years by being a bit of a clown.

Blank House was exactly a nice empty sheet where nothing was accountable because you were...

Blank House was exactly a nice empty sheet where nothing was accountable because you were...

I sort of was good at writing essays. I was never very good at mathematics,...

I sort of was good at writing essays. I was never very good at mathematics,...

The best part of learning any profession, when you're really going through those huge stretching...

The best part of learning any profession, when you're really going through those huge stretching...

My mother felt it was time that I had some parental control, so I went...

My mother felt it was time that I had some parental control, so I went...

If you were in the film industry at that time, you were always picked up...

If you were in the film industry at that time, you were always picked up...

I was a hard worker, and I always knew my lines.

I was a hard worker, and I always knew my lines.

I spoke French a bit, and I could speak a bit of this and that,...

I spoke French a bit, and I could speak a bit of this and that,...

I had a quick ear and could pick up languages.

I had a quick ear and could pick up languages.

You never came home for lunch: you just stayed doing, playing, having fun, surfing, running...

You never came home for lunch: you just stayed doing, playing, having fun, surfing, running...

At boarding school you had to wear your name across your chest and your back,...

At boarding school you had to wear your name across your chest and your back,...

Once, the parental bed collapsed because all the children sat on it at once.

Once, the parental bed collapsed because all the children sat on it at once.

Suddenly I had a contract and I was earning lots of money.

Suddenly I had a contract and I was earning lots of money.