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That match was late evening and I had the experience of the electricity of the Centre Court because it was packed, a full house for the whole match. It had been a great year for me, first time there and I had the full taste of Wimbledon.
John Newcombe
Time
Great
Me
Experience
First
Year
Late
Wimbledon
Had
House
Because
Court
First Time
Match
Been
Taste
Centre
Packed
Full
Electricity
Whole
Evening
So there was a fire inside me. And that fire inside you, it can be turned into a negative form or a positive form. And I gradually realised that I had this fire and that it had to be used in a positive way.
John Newcombe
Positive
Me
You
Negative
Fire
Positive Way
Way
Inside
Had
Gradually
Form
Realised
Turned
Used
I was in the main draw from the start, my opening match was on Court One against Jan Eric Lundquist of Sweden who was about eight in the world at the time.
John Newcombe
Time
World
Draw
About
Main
Opening
Court
Match
Eric
Eight
Against
Sweden
Who
Start
I was a pretty feisty young kid.
John Newcombe
Young
Kid
Pretty
Feisty
Young Kid
I had started my love affair with Wimbledon.
John Newcombe
Love
Wimbledon
Had
Affair
Love Affair
Started
I chose to stay with tennis and they didn't understand that at the school.
John Newcombe
School
Stay
Tennis
Understand
Chose
By the time I got to the hospital, I certainly realised that I had a problem because I couldn't write or print at that time, which lasted luckily only about four months. I'd gone numb here and on my tongue and the right foot a little bit.
John Newcombe
Time
Problem
Gone
Lasted
Months
Bit
About
Only
Hospital
Write
Foot
Had
Print
Because
Got
Realised
Which
Little
Little Bit
Certainly
Luckily
Right
Four
Here
Tongue
Numb
By The Time
A few of us who are around the sixty mark don't play that much these days and if you are taking on a couple of guys in their forties it is very difficult.
John Newcombe
You
Few
Difficult
Mark
Guys
Taking
Days
Couple
Around
Very
Sixty
Us
Much
Forties
Who
Play
I would kill to do more work with Orla Brady, I think she's that gifted.
John Noble
Work
Think
Gifted
Would
More
She
Brady
I could go anywhere in the world and people would stop me in the street and talk about 'Fringe' and how much they adored it and asked questions about it.
John Noble
Me
People
World
Would
About
Adored
Could
Talk
How
How Much
Go
Questions
Fringe
Stop
Anywhere
Asked
Much
Street
We shouldn't be put out to pasture just because we've reached somebody's idea of retirement, which was certainly happening in Australia, and I think elsewhere as well.
John Noble
Somebody
Think
Elsewhere
Out
Put
Idea
Retirement
Reached
Well
Because
Australia
Pasture
Just
Just Because
Happening
Which
Certainly
Classic nineteenth century European imperialists believed they were literally on a mission. I don't believe that the imperialists these days have that same sense of public service. They are simply pirates.
John Pilger
Service
Sense
Believe
Nineteenth
Nineteenth Century
Classic
Imperialist
Simply
Days
Mission
Were
Pirates
Same
Literally
Public
Century
European
Public Service
Believed
We have an extreme rightwing government in this country, although it's called the Labour government.
John Pilger
Government
Country
Extreme
Although
Labour
Labour Government
Orwell is almost our litmus test. Some of his satirical writing looks like reality these days.
John Pilger
Reality
Writing
Our
Some
Almost
Days
Like
Looks
Test
His
Litmus
Litmus Test
Satirical
Orwell
I have an idea about building almost like a studio for some of the best Tropfest filmmakers, so they can come together and support and be given space and resources they need to tell great stories year around, so it's not just about the festivals. You know, the sky's the limit with this thing, and I'm still making it up as I go along.
John Polson
Best
Great
You
Together
Space
Sky
Building
Year
Resources
Tell
Some
About
Given
Studio
Support
Almost
Idea
Great Stories
Along
Come
Like
Know
Around
Limit
Making
Still
Go
Up
Festivals
Just
Stories
Thing
Need
Filmmakers
I made 'Siam Sunset.' In Australia, it was pretty much universally hated, but I did notice that almost any American who saw it loved that film, so in 2001 I made a film in America called 'Swimfan,' and they released like a big studio movie, and it made money.
John Polson
Sunset
Money
Made
Big
Saw
Released
Hated
Pretty
Studio
Almost
Like
Australia
America
American
Did
Any
Movie
Loved
Much
Notice
Who
Film
Universally
I started as a musician. I play the saxophone, but from the age of 17, I realised that it's very hard to make a living as a jazz musician in Australia. So I went for an audition and got an acting job and, fortunately, I completely fell in love with that.
John Polson
Love
Age
Job
Jazz
Living
Saxophone
Musician
Fell
Make
Got
Audition
Australia
Very
Realised
Acting
Jazz Musician
Fortunately
Hard
Play
Started
TV directing is fine because you can come in and do a TV show in a relatively short period of time, and that can pay the bills.
John Polson
Time
You
Pay
Relatively
TV
TV Show
Fine
Directing
Come
Period
Because
Short
Short Period
Show
Bills
Australians love to pump you up when you're nobody. Then, when you start to put your head above water and say, 'Well, actually, I am a bit different, I am an individual and I do have a particular talent', or whatever, they want to go after you. But the good news is that once you reach a certain level, I think they start to leave you alone.
John Polson
Love
Alone
Good
News
You
Water
Good News
Whatever
Think
Pump
Once
Say
Bit
Above
Individual
Put
Head
Nobody
Talent
Particular
Reach
Well
Am
Leave
Go
Up
Australians
Different
Want
After
Then
Certain
Certain Level
Your
Actually
Level
Start
All my best friends are women except for one or two. I feel women are superior to men, and I love having them around. All that female energy is good for me.
John Polson
Love
Best
Good
Me
Women
Men
Superior
Energy
One Or Two
Having
Except
Feel
Around
Female
Women Are
Friends
Them
Two
There's a slew of actors that I'd love to work with. I'd love to work with Gary Oldman. He seems like not only a solid dude and a good man, but a pretty inspired actor.
John Pyper-Ferguson
Work
Love
Good
Man
Good Man
Solid
Pretty
Seems
Only
Inspired
He
Like
Dude
Actor
Gary
Gary Oldman
The liberal entertainment industry is a fickle world. So it's about living in the moment, and it's about being clear with it and understanding that this is another opportunity to step up the staircase a little bit and create some newer opportunities and get involved in some other projects, as well as possibly creating your own.
John Pyper-Ferguson
Entertainment
World
Opportunities
Opportunity
Understanding
Own
Fickle
Living
Other
Liberal
Projects
Bit
Possibly
Entertainment Industry
Some
About
Step
Clear
Involved
Well
Industry
Another
Up
Get
Being
Staircase
Little
Little Bit
Create
Creating
Your
Moment
Something great about 'The Last Ship' is that it employs a lot of actors, and a lot of actors are getting work because of it, and all these people are in here, and all these artists are working together.
John Pyper-Ferguson
Work
Great
Working Together
Together
People
About
Something
Employs
Because
Lot
Ship
Getting
Artists
Working
Actor
Here
Last
Out there in the spotlight you're a million miles away and every ounce of energy you try to give away as the sweat pours out your body like the music that you play.
Jon English
Music
You
Try
Energy
Every
Ounce
Out
Give
Like
Spotlight
Sweat
Body
Your
Miles
Your Body
Away
Play
Million
I was born in March 1949, a post war baby boomer.
Jon English
War
Post
Baby
Boomer
Post-War
Born
March
I was lucky enough to see the Beatles play live.
Jon English
Beatles
Live
Enough
See
Lucky
Play
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