I'm An Eternal Realist And

The 60s Had Completely Changed How People Conceived Of Their Lives And Their Habits And Their Identities.

I Don't Want To Name Names Because I Don't Want To Draw Too Many Direct Comparisons But The History Of Fascism Is Populated By People Who Need To Subjugate Other People And Elevate Their Status And Power To A Level Which Is Supreme. Usually, Any Psychological Study Of Those People Will Reveal A Sort Of Lost, Damaged Child, Who Is Somehow Heartbroken And Doesn't Have Any Self-worth.

I Love The Acting Community At Cambridge. It's Really Quite Committed And Serious, Since The Days Of Derek Jacobi And Ian Mckellen Right Through To Emma Thompson And Hugh Laurie.

Well, I Think There Are No Villains In This World. There Are Just Misunderstood Heroes.

I Always Found The Extraordinary Loss Of Life In The First World War Very Moving. I Remember Learning About It As A Very Young Child, As An Eight- Or Nine-year-old, Asking My Teachers What Poppies Were For. Every Year The Teachers Would Suddenly Wear These Red Paper Flowers In Their Lapels, And I Would Say 'what Does That Mean?'