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When I was under contract to Universal Pictures in 1959, just before I got my role on Riverboat.
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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
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When my son was about three years old and I was working at the National Theatre. I remember cycling from Twickenham, and thinking, “This is the golden age: I’ll never be happier or more content than this.”
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Now. I feel wiser and calmer than I’ve ever been.
Last year, during four days in January, when I directed Rhoda, my second short film, in a tiny house in Camberwell with Juliet Stevenson and Emma D’Arcy.
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