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

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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...

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.

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 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.

An original idea. That can't be too hard. The library must be full of them.

An original idea. That can't be too hard. The library must be full of them.

I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar...

I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar...

Having been an actor and a writer for so long - 20 years or so...

Having been an actor and a writer for so long - 20 years or so...

Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.

Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.

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...

I get an urge, like a pregnant elephant, to go away and give birth to...

I get an urge, like a pregnant elephant, to go away and give birth to...

They are just 100 per cent bear, whereas human beings feel we're not 100 per...

They are just 100 per cent bear, whereas human beings feel we're not 100 per...

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.

It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then like most cliches, that...

It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then like most cliches, that...

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....

But happiness is no respecter of persons.

But happiness is no respecter of persons.

When you get just a complete sense of blackness or void ahead of you, that...

When you get just a complete sense of blackness or void ahead of you, that...

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...

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.

When you've seen a nude infant doing a backward somersault you know why clothing exists.

When you've seen a nude infant doing a backward somersault you know why clothing exists.

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...