I have to say that I've always believed perfectionism is more of a disease than a quality. I do try to go with the flow but I can't let go.

But I always feel that whatever I do, I could do better. I suppose it is perfectionism.

We shall not find life by refusing to let go of our precious, protected selves.

When I was doing Bean more than I've done him in the last few years, I did strange things - like appearing on chat shows in character as Mr. Bean.

When I was doing Bean more than I've done him in the last few years, I did strange things - like appearing on chat shows in character as Mr. Bean.

Because maybe, in a way, we didn't leave it behind nearly as much as we might once have thought. Because somewhere underneath, a part of us stayed like that: fearful of the world around us, and no matter how much we despised ourselves for it--unable quite to let each other go.