I Never Saw Myself As Mr. Ugly,

The Failure So Far Of The Governments Of So Many Of The Worlds Most Powerful Countries In The Face Of Such Egregious Unfairness ... To Make The Slightest Progress On The Issue Of Fair Trade Is Hard To Explain.

It's An Unknown Quantity. It's Actually Almost A Cliché To Say It, How Hard Comedy Is. What's That Famous Quote? "dying Is Easy, Comedy's Hard." I Think The Broader It Gets, If You Miss By A Millimetre, You've Missed Completely. It's A Very Hard Thing To Do.

I Don't Think It's Aiming At Gags, I Think The Humour Is Woven Into It. It's Part Of How The Characters Operate And How They Deal With Disaster Because They're Worldly Enough To Have A Bit Of Irony And Wryness About Their Own Circumstances. So, I Think The Humour Comes Out Of That.

However Good A Communicator A Director Is, Unless They've Been Actors, It's Just Not The Same As The Shorthand You Get With Someone Who's Been An Actor.

I Can't Bring You Absolute Truth In The Detailed Factual Sense. All I Can Do Is Bring You An Interpretation As I Understand It. That's All You Can Ever Get From An Actor.