You Have To Surrender Less When You

You Learn An Enormous Lot Through Failure.

Becoming Artistic Directors Is An Enormous Responsibility And Not One That We Take Lightly.

We Change People's Lives, At The Risk Of Our Own. We Change Countries, Governments, History, Gravity. After Gravity, Culture Is The Thing That Holds Humanity In Place, In An Otherwise Constantly Shifting And, Let's Face It, Tiny Outcrop In The Middle Of An Infinity Of Nowhere.

I Don't Have A Sense Of Entitlement Or That I Deserve This. You'd Be Surprised At The Lack Of Competition Between Nominees - I Think A Lot Of It's Imposed From The Outside. Can I Have My Champagne Now?

Well, I've Never Looked Upon Myself As Being A Beauty, Per Se.