I'm The Son Of Highly Functioning Parents

In "the King's Speech," Patriotism Is Utterly Contained Within A Historical Moment, The Third Of September, 1939, Where The Aggressor Is Clear, The Fight Is Clear, It Hasn't Become Complicated Over Time.

The Thing That Fascinates Me Is That The Way I Came To Film And Television Is Extinct. Then There Were Gatekeepers, It Was Prohibitively Expensive To Make A Film, To Be A Director You Had To Be An Entrepreneur To Raise Money.

Well, I'm Half Australian, Half English And I Live In London. That Is The Only Reason I Came Upon This Story. My Australian Mother, Meredith Hooper, Was Invited In Late 2007 By Some Australian Friends To Make Up A Token Australian Audience In A Tiny Fringe Theater Play Reading Of An Unproduced, Unrehearsed Play Called 'the King's Speech.

I Feel Connected To The Second World War Because My Father Lost His Father In That War. So, Through My Dad And The Effect It Had On Him Of Losing His Father Young, I Always Felt Connected To The War. It Goes Back Years, But It Still Feels To Me As If We're Completely Living In It.

Actors Are Programmed To See The Worst. If You're Talking About An Actor's Tv Series, You Say, "i Loved You Last Night." And They Go, "what About The Week Before?" They Immediately Worry.