I'm Trying To Be A Comedian, You

I Was Reared A Catholic But I Think Every Day We Ask Ourselves, Not Consciously, What Are We Doing On This Planet? What's It All About?

No Man Is An Island, As They Say. No. I've Tried It. I've Gone On Retreats At Various Times In My Life For Three Or Four Or Five Days. I Was Desperate To Get Out Of There And Talk To Somebody. But I Fly Fish A Lot, And I Can Only Do That Really By Myself. I Find I'm Never Lonesome When I'm On A River, Far From It, But It's A Lonely Practice.

In Bed At Night, I Could Be Reading Some Book, And I'll Come Across A Sentence That's Totally Unrelated To Some Scene I Did Years Ago. But I'll Play The Scene Back In My Mind And Think, I Did That Wrong - I Should've Opened The Door More Slowly.

Well, I Think They're All Basically The Same Story. Every Culture In The World Has Them. When You Strip It Down And Analyze It, It's The Young Man Or Girl Who Goes Through A Trial Or Ordeal And Hits A Very Low Ebb But Manages To Get Guidance From A Merlin Type Figure.

A Sex Symbol? A Symbol Of Sex? I Don't Think That I Am A Sex Symbol, Although It's Very Flattering. I'm 59, Now, So I Think I'm Possibly Past My Sell-by Date. I Think I Am.