I've never been pushy. People have said I should have been, more, but I'm not sure. I've watched hugely ambitious people: the minute they've got a success, they know where it's going, they know how to deal with it, and it all happens for them. Great. But that's not the way I - well, I don't like to use the word 'operate'.

Parents are the worst teachers, if they are good at it and you're not. My father thought I was the densest offspring he could have produced.

The clergy is in the same business as actors, just a different department.

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