We in universities are not in the democracy business. What we do, when we're doing it, is teach and learn.
I still have a reputation as an eccentric. But the fact is that audiences probably mix up my roles with me as a person.
I'll be in Los Angeles for two weeks and I'll have a laugh, get battered and have a buzz, but at the end of the day, I'll go home. It's just me earning a few more stories to tell everyone at home and all.