As Much As The Next Person, I

If You're Playing Someone Who's Impeded By Fear, Or Shyness, Or Has Whatever Dysfunction Your Character Might Have, You Have To Achieve The Dysfunction First, Imaginatively, In Order To Play Someone Who Is Trying To Negotiate Their Way Out Of It.

Doing A Job, Or Even Watching A Film, Can Make A Difference To Your Life, But I Don't Think It Ever Has An Explosive Impact Where Your Life Will Never Be The Same Again. It Kind Of Seeps Into Your Life, And Perhaps Realise You're A Little More Vigilant About Certain Things Than You Might Have Been.

Firth - All Dodgy 'tache And Frantic Eyebrows - Has Got The Sexual Allure Of A Man Who Runs A Swingers' Club In Surbiton.

I Have Almost No Memory Of Them [st. Trinian's Films]. I Don't Think I've Seen Them Since I Was Quite Young. I Was A Bit Frightened Of The Girls. I Fancied Them. Even Though I Was Young, I Found Them Attractive And Rather Frightening. I've Always Been Attracted To Frightening Girls! I'm Married To One!

When I Look In The Mirror, I Don't See My Dad, I See My Grandmother. For A While It Was My Mother Looking Back At Me. If Only It Was My Dad.