i was born in the same town as richard burton, the actor. i saw him. he and his wife used to drive their car into my father's shop. i would come up and as for his autograph and think i wanted to be like that. i wanted to get out of the environment i was in. a few years later, it all began to fall into place. it was a strange, mysterious thing. i believe in synchronous city. i ended up here. i visualized a lot of it. i did not understand anything about school, so i visualize myself doing it. i wanted to be a musician, but i did not have an instrument. i decided i wanted to be famous, so i became an actor. it took a long time. my life has been very easy, compared to some. richard burton was never close to his father. he came from a very large family. he said he arrived at his sister's house and said, "where's dad?" he was never close to his father. he arrived in dublin and his father was there. he said, "hello," as though i'd just been fun -- just been around the corner. my father looked at me and said "you have that money -- what for?" i have been askin