Once You've Seen Certain Things, The Moral

The Bit I Love Is I Really Love Acting, Really, And The Circus Of Being A Celebrity Is Something I'm Sort Of Not Interested In. I Find It Strange.

Life Is Generally Pretty Damn Amazing If You Let It Be.

What Le Carré Is So Good At Is Unpicking Something Very Specific About Englishness. That Is Almost Part Of Why I Think He Wrote The Novel. You Can Feel Le Carré's Anger That Someone Who Has Had The Benefits Of An English Education And An English Upbringing Is Using That Privilege To Basically Do The Worst Things Imaginable. There Is An Anger In The Book About That.

You Look At The Greatest Villains In Human History, The Fascists, The Autocrats, They All Wanted People To Kneel Before Them Because They Don't Love Themselves Enough.

Everybody Is Great And The Chemistry Is Different With Everyone. That Is The Joy Of Acting - You Really Don't Know How It Is Going To Go Until You Turn Up. It's Like Playing Tennis, You Can't Plan For The Match You Are Going To Play Until You Are Actually Up Against Your Opponent And What Happens, Happens. That Is The Joy Of Being On Set.