Amanpour and Company

YOU MENTIONED IN ORAL CANCER. YOU MENTIONED THE RADIATION. HOW DID THAT AFFECT YOUR TASTE? DID YOU LOSE YOUR TASTE?

OH, GOSH I LOST -- NOT ONLY LOST MY TASTE BUT EVERYTHING TASTED LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT. AND IT TOOK SIX MONTHS TO START TO BE ABLE TO EAT NORMALLY. I CAN TASTE EVERYTHING NOW. I STILL CAN'T EAT EVERYTHING.

I CAN'T JUST SORT OF DIVE INTO A PIECE OF STEAK. I CAN'T GRAB A SANDWICH. THERE IS A LOT OF REPERCUSSIONS. SALIVA AND ALL THAT STUFF.

DOES THIS SERIES, HOW DOES IT AFFECT YOU? IS IT LIKE A LIFE GIVER? IS IT A BURDEN? IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH.

FROM WHEN I FIRST STARTED, I WAS BARELY RECOVERED. I WAS ONLY LIKE A YEAR OUT OF TREATMENT, A LITTLE MORE. IT WAS HARD. IT WAS REALLY, REALLY, REALLY HARD BUT OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR ALMOST LIKE THREE YEARS NOW AND IT'S GETTING EASIER.

IT'S GETTING EASIER. IT IS TO ME IT'S A GIFT. BECAUSE I CAN TASTE ALL THESE THINGS NOW AND EXPERIENCE THAT AND GIVE IT TO PEOPLE, SHOW PEOPLE HOW WONDERFUL IT IS. A COMPLEXITY OF ITALY.

THE DARK PART OF ITALY. IT SEEMS EVERYONE IS WATCHING YOU. I KNOW ALL THESE THINGS ARE HARD BUT IT LOOKS LIKE A VERY HAPPY JOB. IS IT HAPPIER THAN ACTING?

YOU DON'T HAVE TO MEMORIZE LINES. AT LIBYA. IN TWO LANGUAGES SORT OF AND SOMEWAYS IT IS REALLY HAPPY. THE THING THAT IS GRUELING ABOUT IT I SUPPOSE IS THAT THERE IS A LOT -- THERE IS SO MUCH TRAVEL.

I'M NOT ONE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT TRAVELING. YOU KNOW USUALLY IF YOU LEAVE YOUR FAMILY FOR CHUNKS OF TIME AND YOU CAN'T GET BACK BECAUSE YOU'RE SHOOTING. YOU HAVE ONE DAY. IT REALLY IS IN THE END INCREDIBLY JOYFUL.

TALKING ABOUT FILMS, A RECENT SERIES HAS DROPPED. "INSIDE MAN" YOU PLAY THIS IS A SHORT HAND OF HANNIBAL. YOU'RE A CRIMINAL ON DEATH ROW. YOU'RE HELPING.

IT'S INTERESTING. IT A REALLY INTERESTING SERIES. STEVEN STEVEN STEVEN MOFFETT WROTE IT. DR.

WHO IS IN IT. ONE OF THE OLD DR. WHOS. NOT THAT OLD.

DAVID TENANT IS IN IT AND IT'S SO BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN, VERY FUNNY, VERY DARK. I THOUGHT I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO WORK FOR THESE GUYS AND THEY OFFERED THIS TO ME AND PAUL DIRECTED IT. WONDERFUL SCOTTISH DIRECTOR AND THAT WAS JOYFUL.