For a short while, some years ago, I was a sort of sub-film star. This was very surprising, and by the time I had got used to it, I stopped being one. I was never very good, frankly. I was very bad at doing the sort of things that film stars are required to do by the publicity department.
I remember in Paris being photographed shaking hands with the engine drivers at the Gare du Nord. I got the giggles and they must have thought me rather
