The director and columnist on David Cameron, being a grump, bad restaurants and refusing an OBE
You dated your wife, Geraldine, on and off for 55 years before finally tying the knot last September. Has being married made a difference?
It's much the same as it was before. I say: "Darling, you're absolutely right" a lot more than I used to.
Do you argue?
The atomic bomb at Hiroshima has nothing on Geraldine. You can't row with her, you just sit back and pray you're not going to be killed. I don't mind a row. I've had screaming rows with people and we've all made up and we're friends.
Do you regret never having children?
I'm not good with children. When they're young, they make a noise. You go to someone's house for dinner and suddenly they bring on these children and say: "Aren't they wonderful?" Well, no, they're not.
You...
You dated your wife, Geraldine, on and off for 55 years before finally tying the knot last September. Has being married made a difference?
It's much the same as it was before. I say: "Darling, you're absolutely right" a lot more than I used to.
Do you argue?
The atomic bomb at Hiroshima has nothing on Geraldine. You can't row with her, you just sit back and pray you're not going to be killed. I don't mind a row. I've had screaming rows with people and we've all made up and we're friends.
Do you regret never having children?
I'm not good with children. When they're young, they make a noise. You go to someone's house for dinner and suddenly they bring on these children and say: "Aren't they wonderful?" Well, no, they're not.
You...
- 5/5/2012
- by Elizabeth Day
- The Guardian - Film News
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