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You don't normally do another presentation of All About Eve. You do one All About Eve, and that's it.

The mainstream sort of presentation of the civil rights movement was not something that I directly inherited.

I read a script that's presented to me, and if I love the story and the role, I audition for the part, which is pretty much how I approach it.

To any child, the first occupations that are presented to you are your parents'. I was appealed to my dad's occupation from the get-go.

I don't know how Frank presented the old Mothers, since I never read the book. There might be some opinions on what he said, but I - or anyone else - could not make any corrections to anything Frank did.

I was fortunate enough to have this career that spanned the public and private sectors so I thought I was well-prepared to be able to take on some of the challenges that Uber presented.

I'm only a freelance TV presenter and, in many ways, it's all just been a massive fluke.

I've never considered myself a presenter or never really had the desire to do that, but in the U.S., what that entails is completely different to what it is on a panel show. A panel show is just a lot more fun.

I've been a huge fan of 'Dating In The Dark' and I'm totally excited to be presenting the third supersized series.

I would be happy presenting our albums as part of a joint autobiography.

Political theatre presents an entirely different set of problems. Sermonising has to be avoided at all cost. Objectivity is essential. The characters must be allowed to breathe their own air. The author cannot confine and constrict them to satisfy his own taste or disposition or prejudice.

Gravity Falls' normally follows very particular rules: we start out in reality close to the world as we know it, usually one magical element presents itself, and then it's essentially vanished or hidden back to where it came from by the end of the 20 minutes.

Writing as a woman presents enormous problems but I have attempted it several times and haven't had many complaints.

One of the best Christmas presents I ever got was the globe that I now keep right beside my desk.

As a literature of change driven by technology, science fiction presents religion to a part of the reading public that probably seldom goes to church.

On occasion, I used to give presents to the kings, besides the hire that I gave to to their sons who accompany me; and nevertheless, they seized me with my companions.

All Plutophiles are based in America. If you go to other countries, they have much less of an attachment to either the existence or preservation of Pluto as a planet.

I think crime writing is my link with trying to preserve a sort of order.

To preserve my sanity I had to leave England and move to New York.

The National Rifle Association - all that we believe in and fight for - has become a metaphor for the core American liberty we all want preserved.

I was absolutely delighted that those shows have been preserved.

Yet my humble capacity has not preserved me from calumnies.

It is simply not part of my culture to preserve notes. I have never heard of a writer preserving his early drafts.

As you probably know, I've written a lot about the presidency, so it's obviously exciting when you get to interview a president and write about it.