The Opulence Of Wilde Is A Bit

I'm Not Really A Political Animal But I Am Rather Fascinated By The Meltdown Of England And America. In The End, It Seems As If America Might Come Out Of It, But I'm Not Sure If England Is Ever Going To Recover.

I've Done A Lot Of Period Stuff But That's Mostly Because, In England, We Get Off On A Lot Of Period Stuff, But It's Not Any Kind Of Particular Choice. That's Where A Lot Of The Work Is.

The Fact Is That You Could Not Be, And Still Cannot Be, A 25-year-old Homosexual Trying To Make It In The British Film Business Or The American Film Business Or Even The Italian Film Business. It Just Doesn't Work And You're Going To Hit A Brick Wall At Some Point.

In Burton's Day They [soldiers] Were Itching To Get Into The Fray. Now It Is The Opposite. They Are Always Whining About The Dangers Of Being Killed. Oh My God, They Are Such Wimps Now! The Whole Point Of Being In The Army Is Wanting To Get Killed, Wanting To Test Yourself To The Limits. Now You Have To Fly 15,000ft Above The War Zone To Avoid Getting Hit. I Don't Think There Is Any Point In Having Wars If That's How You're Going To Behave. It's Pathetic. All This Whining!

These Awful Middle-class Queens - Which Is What The Gay Movement Has Become - Are So Tiresome. It's All Abercrombie & Fitch And Strollers.