Being On The Stage In

I Was A Student In London In The '70s, So Cbgb Really Wasn't On My Radar At All. Obviously, I Was Aware Of The Emergence Of The Police In England And As An Art Student, I Was Very Aware Of David Byrne, But I Suppose My Musical Taste At That Time Certainly Didn't Stretch Towards The Dead Boys Or The Ramones.

I Was 7, And I Remember Being Given A Part In A Play And Thinking, This Is Exciting.

A Wounding Tongue. I'm Working On It. Perhaps Its The Celt In Me.

Older People Say, 'oh I Loved You In 'sense And Sensibility,'' And That's The Only Film They Want To Talk About. Equally, There Are People Who Only Want To Talk About 'galaxy Quest.' And There's A Whole Bunch Of Teenagers Who Only Want To Talk About 'dogma.'

I Have Every Sympathy For Writers. It's A Mystery To Me What They Do. I Can Edit. I Can Cross Out And Say, 'i'm Not Saying That' Or, 'how About We Move This To Here? Wouldn't That Make That Bit Of The Story Better?' But Where Any Of It Comes From Is Beyond Me. I Will Never Write A Play Or A Novel.