The moment the doctor said he wanted to do a biopsy, in my heart I thought I'd probably got it. But I also know a lot of people who have also had prostate cancer, so I had a reasonably good idea what to expect.
After I had prostate cancer, I had something which was misdiagnosed which led to a load of back operations.
I remember, once I was going through Nice airport with Roger Moore, and these kids came up and asked for our autographs. Afterwards, Roger said, 'It must be very strange for you. I'm an actor, and signing autographs is part of what I do. But you're a public figure who people don't really know.' He was right.
Two years ago I hadn't even thought of the Woman in White, and I was doing a television show and I said I hadn't found a story and the next day somebody rang me and said have you ever thought of the Woman in White.
Two pieces of advice for young composers: Go away during technical rehearsals. And do not have a back operation.
Superstar was made so early in my career I had nothing to do with it at all. The first time I saw it was the opening screening.
I've a rare Turkish swimming cat.
I think the thing's that perhaps sad really is that younger people haven't come in and I think it must have been absolutely fantastic to have worked in the 50's when you had all of the great Broadway composers and when West Side Story didn't win the Tony Award.
I haven't written a score that's going to change the Western world or the musical as we presently know it.
You can't just sort of come with, say, 'Yesterday,' or 'A Hard Day's Night,' and it be in the wrong place in the wrong show, and expect the song to work theatrically.
You never know what will happen. There is a thing called zeitgeist. You have to hit it.
