in front of a live audience,
and saying, "hello, good evening
and welcome" or whatever,
was like, i realised that i'm —
i sort of realised i'm a theatre
animal in that sense.
i like being in the room with you,
and being able to kind
of smell you...
and then to dominate you.
that's what i like.
whereas on camera you can't do it.
it's very different,
they are just out there somewhere
and it's a very different beast.
but i've only done it once
on stage, which is frost.
0k, and you haven't done theatre
in a while, so it's quite
interesting, this sort
of environment, i suppose.
yes, i'm very aware of you.
i want to get in amongst you.
tony blair, did he —
did you ever meet him afterwards?
did he ever comment
on what you made of him?
yes, well, i played him three times.
there was the deal,
the one that you mentioned,
which was actually the first time
i ever played a real person,
in that sense.
although i played mozart before,
but no—one really knows
what he sounds like,
so you can kind of...