Steven

My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius. Correct. Commander of the armies of the north, general of the Felix legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius, father to a murderous son, husband to a murdered wife, and I will have my vengeance in the life or the next.

My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius. Correct. Commander of the armies of the north, general of the Felix legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius, father to a murderous son, husband to a murdered wife, and I will have my vengeance in the life or the next.

My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, Commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions. Loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to the murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance in this life or the next.

My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, Commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions. Loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to the murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance in this life or the next.

There's something when you pause, you almost – you tell the person, don't you, almost inexplicably that – that you should really give a fuck about the thing you just said. Like it really mattered. It's important. Yeah, because you're like giving it space to breathe.

There's something when you pause, you almost – you tell the person, don't you, almost inexplicably that – that you should really give a fuck about the thing you just said. Like it really mattered. It's important. Yeah, because you're like giving it space to breathe.

Do you think there's a certain set of those tools that when applied or a certain sort of style of speaking that makes people dislike you? Is there a certain one that just doesn't make them warm to you? Is it the low pitches? Is it the fast speaking?

Do you think there's a certain set of those tools that when applied or a certain sort of style of speaking that makes people dislike you? Is there a certain one that just doesn't make them warm to you? Is it the low pitches? Is it the fast speaking?

And am I right in thinking if I wanted to be really boring, I should just kill all variety? Kill all the foundations.

And am I right in thinking if I wanted to be really boring, I should just kill all variety? Kill all the foundations.

Why does it have to be one or the other?

Why does it have to be one or the other?

Yeah.

Yeah.

It's a shame not to do your work justice, you know, because you can do it a disservice just by delivering it without the foundations, as you've said.

It's a shame not to do your work justice, you know, because you can do it a disservice just by delivering it without the foundations, as you've said.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And then other people, as you said, they can have half the idea, but double the... Double the showmanship.

And then other people, as you said, they can have half the idea, but double the... Double the showmanship.