I never met Barbara Cartland. But now that I'm working on her life, I wish I had. I think there was a lot of pathos in it and I'm intrigued by her.

How do we get a pantomime cow on set. Jeez, the rigours of satire.

I directed before I was even in television; I directed in the theatre for seven years, so that was my trade anyway. But in the UK, I've given up any hope of being considered a director.

But in the UK, I've given up any hope of being considered a director.

I don't think London has been given enough credit in a lot of the movies that we make here.

It's a pragmatist's business, comedy. Start off with good intentions and references to the Pompidou Centre and you end up with boiled sweets and a pantomime cow.

The funny thing is, London is an incredibly interesting city. It's very sexy and it's very different, with the Thames winding through it like a snake.

Sing a song of love with all of your passion and compassion. Let it reveal your inner beauty.

I had a tumor. But it was great.

I won't lie—I don't

Do you feel it?Do you taste it??...That's going to be awesome nightmare!

We visit bookshops not so often to buy any one special book, but rather to rediscover, in the happier and more expressive words of others, our own encumbered soul.

If you can't see God in All, you can't see God at all.

When I felt that fame - people were nosing me out - well, I moved on. I used traveling names; wigs if necessary.

You know, that single girl life and that sense of isolation - that doesn't leave you just like that. And that's what that song is about. I remember that, and that is imprinted on me, that sense.

Possessing things is not that interesting. Living in a grand environment to show myself and others that I have wealth has zero appeal.

Direct and easy communications — freedom of speech in all forms and in its broadest sense — has become vital to the very survival of a civilized humanity.