Tilda Swinton (as Martha)

And since you mentioned November the 5th, and we've talked about the rise of the meanness of right-wing politics, let's name it, let's use a word that is appropriate here, meanness of that, across the planet. What oil might get through that grease? How might one be able to connect, reconnect with the innate goodness?

And I don't want to assume that anybody else believes in innate goodness, but I'm declaring that I do. I do believe we were all Little children, scared little animals once, all of us, including all of those people that we're thinking about, they were all little children once. And I don't know what happened to them to make them this mean, but we have to contact them somehow.

And I don't want to assume that anybody else believes in innate goodness, but I'm declaring that I do. I do believe we were all Little children, scared little animals once, all of us, including all of those people that we're thinking about, they were all little children once. And I don't know what happened to them to make them this mean, but we have to contact them somehow.

We have to find a way of reconnecting with that.

We have to find a way of reconnecting with that.

Can you sleep on them? I will sleep on them.

Can you sleep on them? I will sleep on them.

See you tomorrow. It's one of my most favorite things to say. I love saying see you tomorrow.

See you tomorrow. It's one of my most favorite things to say. I love saying see you tomorrow.

There's this tendency in the far right to encourage us all to give up on human connection and entirely be self-serving and cynical about the notion of connection. They would love us to give up.

There's this tendency in the far right to encourage us all to give up on human connection and entirely be self-serving and cynical about the notion of connection. They would love us to give up.

Great reference. I love that.

Great reference. I love that.

It strikes you as a feint. Yeah. Yeah. It's just accuracy, David. I think it has something to do with the kind of my origin story. I never set out to be an actor. You are completely right. I have been what they call acting for quite a long time now. And whether it's well made or not is kind of not the point. But I think I'm so aware that

It strikes you as a feint. Yeah. Yeah. It's just accuracy, David. I think it has something to do with the kind of my origin story. I never set out to be an actor. You are completely right. I have been what they call acting for quite a long time now. And whether it's well made or not is kind of not the point. But I think I'm so aware that

This endeavor, both being an actor and being seen to be an actor, is something that, as far as I can see, most people who undertake it take very, very seriously and expend a lot of energy in sort of preserving. And I would feel a fraud. if I sort of made noises that implied that I was one of them. And I would rather get there first before somebody calls me a fraud.

This endeavor, both being an actor and being seen to be an actor, is something that, as far as I can see, most people who undertake it take very, very seriously and expend a lot of energy in sort of preserving. And I would feel a fraud. if I sort of made noises that implied that I was one of them. And I would rather get there first before somebody calls me a fraud.

And the fact that I haven't stopped and I've continued to be invited into things means that it's not so bad that, you know, but being good is not really the point for me.

And the fact that I haven't stopped and I've continued to be invited into things means that it's not so bad that, you know, but being good is not really the point for me.

I suppose, off the top of my head, because... Okay, this is actually a really important point, and maybe this makes it even work as a performer in concert in communication in conversation with my colleagues and I write alone and one of the things that keeps attaching me to performing is the comradeship of the collective activity of it and it seems to take more for me to sit and write alone