Comedy - Particularly The Frothy And Frivolous

We've Always Been Involved With America - I Have A Son Who Lives There And It's A Big Part Of My Life.

I Think That London Is Very Much Like That. I Find There's Humour In The Air And People Are Interesting. And I Think That It's A Place Which Is Constantly Surprising. The Worst Thing About It? I Think It Can Be Smug And Aggressive.

There's No Point In It Unless It's A Story That You Really Want To Tell. It's A Nebulous Job. Unless You're Doing It Well, You're Not Doing Anything. And There Are A Few Of Those. It's Perfectly Possible To Be A Passenger On A Film Set Because If Somebody Else Has Written It, You Can Make Nothing Of That Role And That's Exactly What Bad Directors Do.

So, You Don't Have Laughs As A Reference Point Any More, It Becomes A Bit Of A Science After That. And The Last Thing, You Would Love To Be Able To Depend On A Sense Of Spontaneity, But Hours Of Waiting And Then Hours Of Repetition Are Not Conducive To Spontaneity So Those Are Your Obstacles. On The Other Hand It's A Lot Of Fun. Plunging Into A Bit Of Physical Comedy And Abandoning All Dignity, No One Can Really Hurt You Much After You Much After That, Once You've Done It.

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.