JuneSim63<p>"The last time I was on stage was at a National Theatre gala two or three years ago. Richard Griffiths had died and I played Hector in The History Boys. And I was so nervous. Helen Mirren was backstage and I told her how scared I was of the audience and she said, ‘Fuck ‘em’. I wished I’d been given that advice much earlier.”</p><p>Great interview with Alan Bennett at 90.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AlanBennett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlanBennett</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Theatre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Theatre</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Literature</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Autobiography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autobiography</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/nov/02/alan-bennett-at-90-what-will-people-think-i-dont-care-any-more" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/books/2024/nov</span><span class="invisible">/02/alan-bennett-at-90-what-will-people-think-i-dont-care-any-more</span></a></p>