"I was at the 30th anniversary at Queen's Theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue. After the show, I was in the downstairs bar, chatting to a couple of people. I turned around and going up the stairs was a man in such high heels these fetish shoes that he couldn't walk in them. He had a leather thong up his arse, and I thought to myself: I suppose I'm responsible for that, aren't I?"
"I don't know how my father ever became a sheep farmer. My father was a bean counter. He was the most unambitious human being on the planet. He counted beans through the week. He was the city treasurer in Tauranga for the last 20 years of his life, and he played golf on the weekends. I didn't have a sheep. I wasn't into pets. Especially not a sheep."
"I know, um what's her lovely name? Baby Spice. Emma. Emma Bunton, she's delightful. I don't know the other four. I've not met them since we did the movie. Am I a fan? Not particularly. They couldn't sing. Their big hit was a chant: I'll tell you what I want / What I really, really want. It's not singing. Singing is the purest art form. The first song ever sung was a mother cooing to her baby."
The 50th anniversary of The Rocky Horror Picture Show produced anecdotes about extreme fan behaviour, including a man in impractical fetish heels and a leather thong who could not walk, prompting a wry sense of responsibility. Emigration to New Zealand at age ten is recalled, with a father who became a sheep farmer yet remained a bean-counting city treasurer and weekend golfer; there were no childhood pets. The fridge anecdote highlights discomfort with runny French cheeses. Aesthetic preferences include men's shorts to the ankle. Participation in Spice World led to dismissing the Spice Girls' singing as chant rather than true vocal art, while praising great singers like Billie Holiday.
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