Tilda Swinton (as Martha)

To feel ourselves stirred by that is an opportunity for us to notice in ourselves the stirrings and notice in ourselves the dangers of those stirrings. And to just, as you say, truthfully assess and weigh up and learn about ourselves that we are susceptible. And that noticing,

That capacity to be honest about our own susceptibility is, I'm stretching it now, a good thing, a healthy thing to have that perspective. And so we might be enriched by that perspective. We might become the stronger and the more socially responsible if we're just aware of our own

That capacity to be honest about our own susceptibility is, I'm stretching it now, a good thing, a healthy thing to have that perspective. And so we might be enriched by that perspective. We might become the stronger and the more socially responsible if we're just aware of our own

I suppose it's just about trying to not give up on connection, the possibility of connection between people. And the thing that's so upsetting, deeply upsetting on a societal level and on a personal level about the predicament in which we find ourselves globally now, where there's this tendency to

I suppose it's just about trying to not give up on connection, the possibility of connection between people. And the thing that's so upsetting, deeply upsetting on a societal level and on a personal level about the predicament in which we find ourselves globally now, where there's this tendency to

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. They would love us to give up on trying to reach some kind of agreement. I mean, we just have to find agreements now. That's what we have to focus on. What can we agree on?

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. They would love us to give up on trying to reach some kind of agreement. I mean, we just have to find agreements now. That's what we have to focus on. What can we agree on?

I can tell you, and he may even read this, but if I ever met your incoming president, there is something I would really love to talk to him about, which is having a Scottish mother. Having a mother from the Isle of Lewis. I know the Hebrides very well.

I can tell you, and he may even read this, but if I ever met your incoming president, there is something I would really love to talk to him about, which is having a Scottish mother. Having a mother from the Isle of Lewis. I know the Hebrides very well.

You do yourself down, David. I'm sure he's a fan of you.

You do yourself down, David. I'm sure he's a fan of you.

Well, I'll tell you a little something and then we'll figure out why I want to tell you it because it might, let's see if it means anything that might answer your question. I do remember a moment in my very young life, which says a lot about the kind of milieu in which I grew up. I remember when I was really young and my youngest brother was a baby in arms, so I can't have been older than five.

Well, I'll tell you a little something and then we'll figure out why I want to tell you it because it might, let's see if it means anything that might answer your question. I do remember a moment in my very young life, which says a lot about the kind of milieu in which I grew up. I remember when I was really young and my youngest brother was a baby in arms, so I can't have been older than five.

In the family church, the Kirk, where my family would go on Sundays, our family have a loft, a separate loft, which sits above everybody else and looks down. And I remember sitting up there one Sunday and looking down and seeing the people that I had been playing with the day before on Saturday. And I remember asking my mother, why were we sitting upstairs and we weren't sitting downstairs?

In the family church, the Kirk, where my family would go on Sundays, our family have a loft, a separate loft, which sits above everybody else and looks down. And I remember sitting up there one Sunday and looking down and seeing the people that I had been playing with the day before on Saturday. And I remember asking my mother, why were we sitting upstairs and we weren't sitting downstairs?

And I remember to this day, the look on her face. She could not come up with an answer. And I noticed two things. First of all, that my brothers didn't ask this question. I love them. They're sentient beings, but they did not ask that question. I was the only one. And the other thing that I noticed since is that no one has ever come up with a good answer.

And I remember to this day, the look on her face. She could not come up with an answer. And I noticed two things. First of all, that my brothers didn't ask this question. I love them. They're sentient beings, but they did not ask that question. I was the only one. And the other thing that I noticed since is that no one has ever come up with a good answer.

So the reason I tell you that story is the quest for connection is was always there in me, is still there in me. Connection is what I'm driven by. And I was lucky enough to notice it when I was sub-six. And so... I'm quite a simple animal, I think. I think I can hold one idea. So here's my answer to your question.

So the reason I tell you that story is the quest for connection is was always there in me, is still there in me. Connection is what I'm driven by. And I was lucky enough to notice it when I was sub-six. And so... I'm quite a simple animal, I think. I think I can hold one idea. So here's my answer to your question.

Figuring out what your idea is, what your original setting, what your factory setting is, is probably a good place to start. To know oneself and to then, when you do find your original setting, to honor it and try not to betray it. And enjoy. Enjoy the quest.