They are just 100 per cent bear, whereas human beings feel we're not 100 per cent human, that we're always letting ourselves down. We're constantly striving towards something, to some fulfilment.

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

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I think my view is that whenever you project into the future you're never likely...

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I've always had great respect for Paddington because he is amusingly English and eccentric. He...

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I don't watch television, I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself.

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I shouldn't be saying this - high treason, really - but I sometimes wonder if...

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

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No, I love the idea that someone changes. As an actor it's always the thing...

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...

As someone who worked hard for a Labour victory in the 90s, do I regret...

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You don't sit down and write a wish list about the person you are going...

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You can't reason yourself back into cheerfulness any more than you can reason yourself into...

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

But happiness is no respecter of persons.

But happiness is no respecter of persons.

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That one can love another of the same gender, that is what the homophobe really...

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.

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...

I will deal with them according to their conduct, and by their own standards I...

I will deal with them according to their conduct, and by their own standards I...

Men that have much business must have much pardon

Men that have much business must have much pardon

[Ken] Kesey practices what has come to be known as gonzo journalism. The reporter, often...

[Ken] Kesey practices what has come to be known as gonzo journalism. The reporter, often...