I'm More Critical Of The Films I

The Right To Ridicule Is Far More Important To Society Than Any Right Not To Be Ridiculed Because One In My View Represents Openness - And The Other Represents Oppression.

[maigret Sets A Trap] Was Always Going To Be The First Film, And It Seemed To Be Quite A Nice Story. But Of Course It Meant That Here I Was Playing This New Character For The First Time, In A Place Where He Had Been A Relative Failure, As All These People Had Been Murdered And The Pressure Was On. Rather Than Starting Optimistically With His Pipe In Front Of The Fireplace, He Was In Quite A Difficult Place.

Lord, Thy One-liners Are As Good As Thy Tricks. Thou Art Indeed An All-round Family Entertainer.

We Haven't Made Any Particular Decision [on Maigret], I Haven't Been Asked If I Want To Carry On With It. All These Things Are A Matter Of Whether You Feel As Though The Idea Is Developing And Whether It's Still Interesting To Play.

The Decision To Do It [play Maigret] Was Related To The Fact That The Character Is A Very Ordinary Man, And Generally Speaking I Haven't Played Very Many Ordinary Men.