The Job Is Interesting, And The Task

A Law Which Attempts To Say You Can Criticise And Ridicule Ideas As Long As They Are Not Religious Ideas Is A Very Peculiar Law Indeed.

To Criticise A Person For Their Race Is A Manifestly Irrational And Ridiculous. But To Criticise Their Religion - That Is A Right. That Is A Freedom.

Although The Great Frustration About This [role] Is The Fact That There's One Thing Maigret Never Does, And That's Drive. He's Always Driven, Or He Takes The Train, Or He Gets The Bus. I Was Saying 'well, Why Don't We Ring The Changes For The 21st Century, And Stick Him In The Car?'. [executive Producer And Son Of The Author, John Simenon] Said, 'well, You Can If You Want, But There'll Be Lots Of People Who Won't Like It'. So He's A Non-driver ... But No, Top Gear Was Never A Consideration For Me; And Neither Was I Asked

[maigret] Is Terribly Self-contained, Not That I Would Ever Wish Him To Be Any More Comic, Particularly, But In The Second Film We've Made You See He's A Little More Ironic From Time To Time. But As I Say, That's Just Work In Progress.

But Generally Speaking, I Tend To Be Quiet And Introspective.