I Had To Kiss It

My Own Grandfathers Were A Submarine Commander And A 'desert Rats' Tank Operator In The Second World War.

You Can Perfect Genius Because Genius Is Not Perfection. On His Level And His Practice And His Methodology, It's Almost Inhuman. So, That's Been A Fantastic Arc To Play, And Boy Does It Go Somewhere In This Series.

Do I Like Being Thought Of As Attractive? I Don’t Know Anyone On Earth Who Doesn’t, But I Do Find It Funny. I Look In A Mirror And I See All The Faults I’ve Lived With For 35 Years And Yet People Go Kind Of Nuts For Certain Things About Me. It’s Not Me Being Humble. I Just Think It’s Weird.

The Number Of People My Age, Younger Now, A Whole Generation Younger, Who Are Fiercely Bright, Over-educated, Under-employed And Who Are Politicised And Purposeless Really Upsets Me. It's Soul-destroying.

Sometimes During A Conversation With A Journalist - Where You Are Answering Things You Never Normally Talk About, Not Even With Some Of Your Closest Friends - You End Up Being Quite Confessional, And You Don't Think About The Amplification Of That. No Matter How Fancy These Journalists Are, They Have Editors Or Political Leanings Behind Their Publications, Which Means That, Basically, They're Going To Shape What You've Said Into An Article They've Already Written. So You Have To Be Really Careful With Your Words.