I just hate television that's out to make people cry because other people like to see people cry.

I came through the Sixties so I was perfectly aware of drug-taking but I came from South Africa and we were brought up in quite an old-fashioned way. If I went to a rave or a party, I'd be behind the barbecue flipping the burgers. I wasn't out there partying.

People don't always behave the same way on different programmes. If you go to church you don't behave the same way you do at a party in the middle of the night.

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