and i thought how can harold pinter, who i did and do revere, denigrate the west when if it weren't for the united states, he and every other jew many london would have been killed? i thought that was kind odd. i remember thinking when harold first started writing about politicsings, i was a young writer maybe in my 20s, he was probably 50 something, and i thought, isn't it a shame that this wonderful writer has turned into an old man, and all he can do is write about politics -- [laughter] >> well, ha ha. [laughter] but i think what happens, you know, one of our other great philosophers was huey led better who said in one of his songs that he'd done his fighting, and he commenced studying about the great long time. so i kind of think that's what i've been doing in the last few years, and just as harold did, to go from thinking about the most minute of human interactions to thinking about what the hell's going on here. and so i wrote this here speech. [laughter] [applause] so the 2012 emmys began with a predictable round of jokes about republicans including an exhortation to applaud the

remembering those days growing up in the warmth of the jewish ghetto of london and i thought how could harold pinter done a great the west ha when if it weren't for the united states a free of virtue in london have been killed. i felt i was kind of odd coming in miles from rendering the intersection and the cultural upbringing and then i remembered thinking when harold first started writing about politics i was a young writer in my 20s and if it isn't that a shame that this wonderful writer heads turned into an old man and all he can write is about politics. [laughter] i think what happens is one of several other greek philosophers ledbetter better known the house led belly fighting dahuk caller in crimea studying about the great long time so that by spending the last few years is creating the study of the great long time and just as harold did to think about the most minute of human interactions is the two lines of dialogue thinking about what is going on here so i wrote this speech. [laughter] of the 2012 emmy began with a predictable around of jokes about republicans and the fact there were no re

. >> i run a cricket club and the last game of the season is against harold pinter and his team is named the gay at this, which, gate at this, which they are not, he would sit there on the balcony spouting forth, you know,. >> how was he as a player? >> he loved the game, he didn't play anymore, but he just -- >> and if he had a good game and won he would have a drink and stand up and recite poetry. >> you don't get that in america, do you. >> rose: and the capacity to bring so many lines back to memory at an instant. i mean the idea of memorizing all of that, or is it something they know, some secret that they know or does it go with kind of intelligence harold have and you have. >> it goes with -- you know, if you learn it early, it never goes away, you start the first line and it comes back, doesn't it. >> you think all english people spout poetry. >> rose: hitchens was the same way and could recite things. >> the ghish have a very rigid form of education. a poem of week. >> yes, i forgotten most of them but certainly as actors if you do a lot of theatre there is a certain muscle in y