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When You're 16, You Think 28 Is So Old! And Then You Get To 28 And It's Fabulous. You Think, Then, What About 42? Ugh! And Then 42 Is Great. As You Reach Each Age, You Gain The Understanding You Need To Deal With It And Enjoy It.

There's A Scary Moment When You Realise You're No Longer The Youngest Person In The Room. Especially If You've Been A Successful Young Person. That's Followed, Of Course, By The Realisation That You're Actually The Oldest Person In The Room.

A War Film Can Be Propaganda And They're Very Valuable As Propaganda, As We Realized In Britain In The Second World War. Film As Propaganda Is A Very Valuable Tool. It Can Also Demonize, Which Is The Dangerous Side Of A War Film As Propaganda. But There Are War Films That Are Not Propaganda. It's Just Saying 'this Is What It's Like.' For 99 Percent Of Us We Don't Know What It's Like. We Have No Idea. So To Reveal That To The Audience Is Powerful.

Two Phrases I Hate In Reference To Female Characters Are 'strong' And 'feisty.' They Really Annoy Me. It's The Most Condescending Thing. You Say That About A Three-year-old. It Infantilises Women.

The Hardest Period In Life Is One’s Twenties. It’s A Shame Because You’re Your Most Gorgeous, And You’re Physically In Peak Condition. But It’s Actually When You’re Most Insecure And Full Of Self-doubt. When You Don’t Know What’s Going To Happen, It’s Frightening.