I've always had great respect for Paddington because he is amusingly English and eccentric. He is a great British institution and my generation grew up with the books and then Michael Horden's animations.

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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.

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...

I think we have all experienced passion that is not in any sense reasonable.

I think we have all experienced passion that is not in any sense reasonable.

It's not all bad. Heightened self-consciousness, apartness, an inability to join in, physical shame and...

It's not all bad. Heightened self-consciousness, apartness, an inability to join in, physical shame and...

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.

It was extremely important to show that Wilde's sexuality was not just some intellectual idea....

It was extremely important to show that Wilde's sexuality was not just some intellectual idea....

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.

There is so much we can learn from TV. It's a window on the world.

There is so much we can learn from TV. It's a window on the world.

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...

Moving from chair to chair, from coffee machine to coffee machine is the limit of...

Moving from chair to chair, from coffee machine to coffee machine is the limit of...

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...

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...

Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business - which...

Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business - which...

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...

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...

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...

I don't need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to...

I don't need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to...

Weve all met people who are supposedly incredibly intelligent but dont know which way to...

Weve all met people who are supposedly incredibly intelligent but dont know which way to...

In grade school I was smart, but I didn't have any friends. In high school,...

In grade school I was smart, but I didn't have any friends. In high school,...

A man doesn't know what hapiness is until he's married. By then it's too late.

A man doesn't know what hapiness is until he's married. By then it's too late.

I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.