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If you're dealing with a musical in which you're trying to tell a story, it's got to sound like speech. At the same time it's got to be a song. ”
Where we are really well positioned is that we can bring skills to the party. We can fix factories, we can fix operations, and we have a good geographical presence. ”
Too often, we say that the Left is wrong but well-intentioned. Some are. But most simply want government to control other people's lives, and they believe in Stalinistic methods to achieve that goal. ”
The rich did well under Obama's policies; it was the working class that got creamed. This was because the economy just wouldn't grow as it usually does. ”
Generally, I'm terrified of shopping. I like the idea of being well-dressed, but I've always struggled to get anything that fits. I envy those that go into old vintage shops. ”
Things don't get better when you become well known or go on TV. I'm just being rejected by a better class of women. ”
John Cleese was a big hero of mine. He grew up in Weston Super Mare near Bristol where I grew up; he was always very tall and gangly, but he was smart and used his physicality in a very funny way. I used to think, 'Well he came from Weston and he did it, so there's a chance for me.' ”
I know that this sounds grand, but I don't try to compete with other people. I like to think there's enough pie for everyone. The kind of people I'm competing with are my heroes - Woody Allen, Billy Wilder - who I know I'm going to fall short of. ”
The classics are only primitive literature. They belong to the same class as primitive machinery and primitive music and primitive medicine. ”
My favourite dish is pollo ajillo; my favourite drink is a good Rioja with it. And as for my favourite music, oh God - there's so many things I like. Well, I'd say it's 'Walk of Life' by Dire Straits. ”