Marketing Is What Gets You Noticed.

Although The Great Frustration About This [role] Is The Fact That There's One Thing Maigret Never Does, And That's Drive. He's Always Driven, Or He Takes The Train, Or He Gets The Bus. I Was Saying 'well, Why Don't We Ring The Changes For The 21st Century, And Stick Him In The Car?'. [executive Producer And Son Of The Author, John Simenon] Said, 'well, You Can If You Want, But There'll Be Lots Of People Who Won't Like It'. So He's A Non-driver ... But No, Top Gear Was Never A Consideration For Me; And Neither Was I Asked

Lord, Thy One-liners Are As Good As Thy Tricks. Thou Art Indeed An All-round Family Entertainer.

My Personal Problem Is That I Take The Business Of Film-making So Seriously That I Find It Very Difficult To Relax.

I Like To Relish Words And Sentences, And Phraseology, And There's Not Much Facility For That [playing Maigret].

Confronting A Stadium Audience, You Can't See The Whites Of Their Eyes. It's Just An Amorphous Mass Of Noise And, Of Course, You Can't See The Alleged Billions Watching At Home Either, So The Degree To Which You Are Intimidated Is Quite Low.