Anita Arnand

Also a favourite topic of Willie Dalrymple over here.

You were jumping up and down in your seat going, oh, his dad.

I know his dad.

But one thing, Louis, I mean, you know, there is now this thing that's called the Theroux method.

You must be aware of this, you know, sort of being slightly, very polite, slightly bewildered, asking the obvious questions again and again, and really giving the subject enough rope.

And I wonder if some of the, I mean, we talked about two people here, H.S.

Tiki-Toki and Daniela Weiss.

And I wonder if there are any parallels between them in that they are unembarrassable.

Is there anything else that sort of links them together in your mind?

No, yours is a method.

Alexander's got the technique.

You've got the method.

I mean, some people will object to the comparison.

And the reason they both came to my mind, I think, is because they're both the most recent protagonists of your most recent films.

Well, I suppose some people say that one has an ideological belief.

No, I'm saying people who sort of follow, you know, one has an ideological belief and the other one has a six pack and makes money.

You know, I guess.

No, okay.

Very funny.

Very funny.