I have the face of an ageing choirboy and the build of an undernourished featherweight. If you can figure out my success on the screen you're a better man than I.

Being a good host offsets the deprivation and loneliness of my youth

A producer has to know all about everything from set-building to costumes to acting

I'm working myself to death.

My parents were so poor when I was a kid, I never went anywhere. I take our youngsters with us because I don't know anything that teaches them so much.

I never fail to feel let down when I see myself on the screen.

I have the face of an ageing choirboy and the build of an undernourished featherweight. If you can figure out my success on the screen you're a better man than I.