I'm Just The Last English Twit, Really.

I Absolutely Don't Care About My Looks And I'm So Used To Them That I Wouldn't Change A Thing. I Would End Up Missing My Defects.

My Parents And Grandparents Have Always Been Engaged In Teaching Or The Medical Profession Or The Priesthood, So I've Sort Of Grown Up With A Sense Of Complicity In The Lives Of Other People, So There's No Virtue In That; It's The Way One Is Raised.

I Think It's Quite Extraordinary That People Cast Me As If I'm Warren Beatty: Until I Met My Present Wife, At The Age Of 35, You Could Name Two Girlfriends.

I Do Think A Good Story In A Novel Is Fair Game And There's Nothing Wrong With Adapting That. It Sometimes Gets A Bit Facile Where They Think: "let's Get The Next Best-seller And See If We Can Turn It Into A Film."

So, I Think There's A Danger That Good Stuff Can Fall By The Wayside If It Doesn't Conform To Formula. But I Think It Comes Down To Money And They Just Don't Know Where It's Going If They Haven't Got Any Precedent.