My Parents Were Incredibly Inclusive.

I Don't Mean This Grandly, But It Was Never My Intention To Live In L.a. And Do A Big Network Show.

It's Certainly True That I Was Brought Up In That British Amateur Tradition, The One Which Always Held That If You Were Reasonably Good At Cricket, Knew One Or Two Latin Texts And A Few Zingy Oscar Wilde Quotes For Dinner Parties, You Were Pretty Much Ready To Go And Run Some Outpost In Hindustan.

It's Good To Be Busy On A Film Set Because There Is A Lot Of Sitting Around, So If You've Got Two Roles To Play At One Time, Then That's Great To Do.

You Know, This Idea Of Going Around The World Imposing Democracy By Growing A Middle-class, A Trading Merchant Class That Is Independent Of Your Faith, Is A Good Notion, But We're All Partially Different - It's No Good Imposing Systems On People That It Doesn't Suit.

You Just Have To Take Control Of Your Own Performance.