Dominic you've never seen my mother acting?
No it must seem ridiculous. I do know how famous you are but by and large my
generation we don't go to the theater. To us it doesn't seem relevant. No, well why
should it? I quite understand people say oh everyone should go to the
theater. Why should they? We don't want an audience being brought
in by force, but for us there's nothing so disheartening as playing to people
who were there because I've been told it's doing them good. Quite.
Now let's play to people who actually like it and if there aren't very many
well so be it, but don't come please because you've
been told to, that won't do it all. Mummy is brilliant at playing comedy.
Well I'm usually best at playing genteel. With something interesting happening
underneath. You know layers I play a lot of layers. She plays them wonderful. Well thank you.
My Shakespearean heroines were not a success. I suffered with a gay Orlando. oh
yes well Amy remembers, It was fine as long as I was dressed as a boy. But, than there's this bit in As You Like it,
she has to reveal she's a woman. I get blamed movie was quite right, I was sexy
in the other way. but oh dear the look on his face. It was funny.
This is a young person's game. After a while it becomes undignified dressing up
pretending to be someone else. Saying lines that someone else has told you to.
After a while you think where am I. Where do I fit in all this.
He needed a new Aorta.
I mean there's no question if we hadn't done it he would have died. Sit down!
You've heard of this new operation? Well you take the valve from a pig. A pig? Yes,
you extract it, you keep it on ice. You take this little rounded ring of pigs
muscle. It's true. And you sew it into the patient's heart. It serves to replace the
patient's own valve. I see. No really it's almost standard procedure,
but the point is you're working very intensely when you can imagine you're at
a very high pitch and there is blood everywhere just pools and pools of it
and then the burning of the lasers and the flesh being cut. I'm turning around and I'm passing the scalpel. And I look down at this hand next to mine, and this nurse as actually got a ring on her finger and a bangle, Well I can't
believe it. No really I'm sorry. I was shouting at her. Amy I know it was wrong, but it was so unhygienic. I say what the hell is going on. I say for Christ sake this is a major operation the cameras see everything. The director oh he's coming
down from above and this idiots starts sulking she says come on it's only TV. Oh my god. I mean you
couldn't say anything, but you must never say that. Do it properly you. have to ask is it real or is it not?
Anyway by now bloody chaos the surgeons dropped his scalpel in an
awful prop pool of blood and the patient sits up on the table and says I'm sorry
to ask this but do I get an aorta or not.? Oh it's not that's funny.
Anyway by now people are gathering they say oh come on we know you've been under
a great strain and I'm saying for Christ's sake why are you getting at me. It's that little tart with her sugar daddy's jewelry.
She's the one who's destroying the show. What about you have a drink? You think
I'm indifferent. You think I'm callous you say I don't
care, but somehow the thought of you suffering. They say it's like you've
given up trying. Oh, is that what
they say. You called off your marriage. yes. You sere going to marry Frank? Well
since you asked but that was some time ago. That was a long time ago. I did what
Amy was always telling me I decided to take my life in my hands. I see. There it is .
But you're alone now. Do you really think this is any of your business? As a
matter of fact I'm afraid that I do. Why do you think I've come here to see you? I have no idea. I came because everyone is worried. I wanted to see that you are
coping. Well now you've seen me so it's okay.
What you're worried about my welfare why? You have what you want you'll have a
great family the children tell me, you have a great wife.
Do I really matter at all any more than the dog out there in the alley or the
sound of the tube going by. That's just nonsense. The last thing that
might stop you sleeping at night a source of minor discomfort in the
otherwise perfect life you now lead. I
did see your film. I'm appalled by the violence and it's a merits important to
people like you all that shooting and bloodshed but I didn't understand it. We
don't call it violence we call it action. Well whatever. It isn't how life is. Maybe
I'm just getting old. I'm tired of it Dominic, this need you
all have to get out the guns and bamm-bamm kill a little bastard shoot
off his stupid bloody head. What is this need you all have now? what happened what is this need you
now. Are you just bored? Or is it that you just don't dare to deal with real
experience with the things that happen in real life like grief and betrayal and
love and unhappiness and loss. The loss of people we love. Ismay. No.
that be subject not childish games with explosions and guns which have nothing
to do with anything. Nothing to do with things that are real.