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Those Of You Who Are Not Aware Of My Brilliant Career As A Stand Up Comic, I'm Not Aware Of It Either So We Might Well Wonder What We're Doing Here.

I Mean, Language Fascinates Me Anyway, And Different Words Have Different Energies And You Can Change The Whole Drive Of A Sentence.

Do You Know That Moment When You Paint A Landscape As A Child And, When You're Maybe Under Seven Or Something, The Sky Is Just A Blue Stripe Across The Top Of The Paper? And Then There's That Somewhat Disappointing Moment When The Teacher Tells You That The Sky Actually Comes Down In Amongst All The Branches. And It's Like Life Changes At That Moment And Becomes Much More Complicated And A Little Bit More Boring, As It's Rather Tedious To Fill In The Branches.

Any Actor Who Judges His Character Is A Fool - For Every Role You Play You've Got To Absorb That Character's Motives And Justifications.

I Am The Character You Are Not Supposed To Like.