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When I finished the musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, I bought a replica of the car. It’s in my front garden, surrounded by a lovely wildflower meadow, and people stop to look at it.
My short film, Scrubber, in 2011. At that time in my life it seemed easier to pay for it myself than to apply for funds.
A black Russian terrier – I paid almost £4,000 for him.
The concept of New Labour.
Father Christmas at a department store. The plaintive sadness of the children’s unrealistic requests was almost unbearable.
Rufus Wainwright’s Get Happy.
In the early 90s, in the Andes, caught in an atrocious storm above 20,000ft with three others. We were all in a very bad way. Some guys close to us perished; we were lucky.
As an interesting, amusing father by my children.
David Hare – he’s always fascinating and funny.
Being exquisitely alive.
Julie Andrews, Tom Ellis, Nicola Walker, Edward Fox, Michael Ball, Alison Steadman
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