Richard Fidler

Did you accomplish anything?

I mean, what sort of success did you have as a ballet dancer being taught by Nureyev?

There must have been many moments in this relationship that you were pinching yourself blue, but being taught to do these ballet maneuvers on an island off Positano by Nureyev must have been one of them.

So what finally brought your time together to an end?

What did you want to do next?

There was a party in Paris right near the end of your time working for Nureyev.

Tell me about your entree into that event.

When it came to say a final goodbye, what was that like?

I can't quite imagine how you could predict what a goodbye with a man such as Nureyev might have been like.

Where were you, Blue, when you learned that he had died?

What was going through your head and heart as you were standing there at his graveside?

You'd already made this step away into the career as a butler.

Tell me about Butler School.

What did you learn there?

It seems like the term butler, I guess, I don't know if it's to Australian ears, it feels like something from a very different era.

I mean, what's the role look like in this day and age?

Was your year with Nureyev good training for that kind of work?

I can't imagine you had many clients as memorable as Rudolf Murayov, though.

He must have been one of a kind.

And hopefully you weren't punched or prodded in the same way by your other employers.