“I care more about telly because it made me an actor and there's a much more immediate response to TV. You can address the political or cultural fabric of your country.”
“Its highest point was The Worst Journey in the World. Then you see this decline, and this harking back, using the 19th-century form when we're not in the 19th century. That way of writing a book about the world out there - you just can't do it anymore.”