I was a fan of Hitchcock, but more importantly than that, he is such an inscrutable man, and a very carefully inscrutable man. He apparently was blank-faced with a calm and controlled presence. I was immediately anxious and thought, 'How am I going to get behind that?'
I'm quite a curious person. I don't mind being the one who doesn't know things, a role I often play in QI.
The American people need to know that money is being used effectively because frankly, the nation can't afford careless spending, no matter how well-intentioned.