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The isle of wight, you probably werent seeing yourself reflected back in many of the people on the island. no, i think i was what they would describe as "exotic". and so, yeah, you know, i think it gave me a great sense of independence. and, you know, i was bullied a little bit in school, as well, so i had to really tough it out and stick up for myself. ifound humour and comedy as a great buffer, and a great, you know, a great antidote to some of those tougher moments. you know, if you could mak...

Were you into cinema, do you remember going to the movies? do you remember the first film you saw, or was it more about storytelling? it was much more about storytelling, i think. i think we all know, as brits, we grow up with a deep love of literature, and english literature in particular. but, no, i think my first film experience in the movie theatre was fantasia, which was terrifying. but to go back to abba, one of my favourite early experiences watching a movie was my sister took me to see t...

Thank you so much. thank you so much, pleasure. after whats been a wet week for some, saturday was a lot quieter. 18 celsius in the south, nearly ten hours of sunshine and only around nine millimetres of rain and the reason was this area of high pressure ruling the roost. but these weather fronts are now starting to nudge that high pressure system out the way, so for the day ahead, increasing amounts of cloud, wind and rain. but ahead of it, weve still got starry skies and through the night, tem...

How do you attract those big names, what are you saying to those directors? well, steven has a long history with universal, obviously, and he did go and make films for other studios. and as a director, he works all over town. but his spiritual home is at universal — its where he made his first movie, jaws, of course. and so, you know, when steven wants to make a movie with us, were just thrilled and ecstatic that thats the case. does he have free reign? i mean, do you have to say to him, "hm, ...

A success of yourself? yes. why was that? i dont know. i mean, honestly, i knew i needed to leave the isle of wight, but then i found myself in london. and i dont know if it was the time — when i left college, margaret thatcher was on her way out. it was before tony blair, before the era of some prosperity. and i just didnt see a future for myself. i didnt know what to do. and i did have friends who were in the media business at that time, and i thought it was very intriguing, but i had absolu...

Gales or severe gale—force winds are forecast for the day ahead — thats gusts of 60 or 70 miles an hour for parts of the western isles, the northern isles, too. starting to throw in this really quite heavy rain, several hours of it, across scotland and northern ireland. with it, some squally winds and hill fog, eventually pushing into north—western parts of england and wales. ahead of that, weve got the early morning mist and fog to clear but we should hold onto hazy sunshine across centra...

Accountable. were holding ourselves accountable. and weve seen, you know, when you put positive change into action and you become very intentional about workplace culture, it makes a positive difference. you know, the sort of level of loyalty to the company or enjoyment of working at the company really goes up. so thats one area of change i see. again, as we just talked about, i think in terms of how people are getting their content, how theyre consuming it, thatll continue to evolve and shift, ...

A can on behalf of greenpeace, or cnd up in the local high street, it was deeply embarrassing, you know, at 12 years of age. but looking back on it, i do actually give her a tonne of credit. you know, she was a vegetarian before it was popular to be so, she was into all kinds of things that really made the world a better place. she was thinking about the environment and environmental issues. she was involved with international help for children — we fostered children growing up. so i think the...

And i was trained to find stories and make films that were aimed at a specific audience, primarily so we knew who to market to — so when we were spending those marketing dollars, we knew who to target. but what i learned back then is that, you know, appealing to particularly underserved audiences — whether it be women or people of colour — its good business. you know, you could really excite an audience by making, by telling stories like that and making films like that. but movie studios w...

Business at that time, and i thought it was very intriguing, but i had absolutely no idea how to make an entree into that place. and when i had the opportunity to come to los angeles — and i saw that its a very different culture, you know, its certainly about who do you know, but its also about how hard are you willing to work? and if you have that strong work ethic, then you can really forge a path for yourself. and thats what really attracted to me, i think, early on. its interesting. i mean...