I Think I'm Probably An Assassin And

I'm Very Glad I'm Not A Politician. I Think It's One Step Away From The Gates Of Hell, Being A Politician. I Really Do. It`s A Nightmare.

Mine Is An Actor's Voice, Not A Singer's Voice, But The Part Was Written For An Actor (richard Burton), Not A Singer.

I Find What I Call The [bleep] Side Of The Industry Very Difficult. You Won't See Me At Other Peoples' Premiers. I Mean, I Go To My Own Premiers Because I Have To Help My Film, But I Don't Enjoy That Whole Side Of It. I Don't Enjoy Celebrityhood. I Love Getting A Seat In A Restaurant. I Love It When People Say Hi When I Don't Know Them. I Mean, That's Fine, But Apart From That, I Like The Elements Of Celebrityhood Which Make Living In The World Like Living In Your Own Village.

Americans Enjoy Uniformity In A Way That The British Don't; They Wanted Everybody Of A Sort Of Nice Chorus Line Height And Here I Was, This Person Who Was A Good Three Inches Taller Than Anyone Else On The End Of The Line.

The Fact Is That In England So Many Of Our Politicians Are Career Politicians - They've Always Been Politicians Since They Left Their Education. And In The Old Days Of Course Politicians Used To Be Fish Mongers Or Doctors Or Whatever. They'd Lived Life. These Days, Power Seems To Go To The Hands Of People That That's All They've Done. And I'm Not Sure That's A Good Thing, Because It Does Remove Them From The Realities Of Life.