Bollocksed up at work again, l fear.

- Millions down the drain. - Well done.

- Bernie, this is Anna. - Hello, Anna. Delighted to meet you.

-And you. -Honey bunny, Happy birthday to you

- Hi, Bella. - Hi.

Um, it-- it-- it's a hat. You don't have to wear it or anything.

- Hi, Will. - Hi.

- Hi. - What ?

- Wine, Bernie ? - Mm.

You haven't slept with her, have you ?

That is a cheap question, and the answer is, or course, no comment.

- No comment means "yes." - No, it doesn't.

- Do you ever masturbate ? - Definitely no comment.

- You see, it means "yes." - Oh, my God !

So, uh, tell me, um, Anna, what do you do ?

- l'm an actress. - Oh, splendid.

What do you do ?

l'm actually in the stock market myself, so, uh, not really similar fields.

Though, um-- um, l have done the odd bit of amateur stuff.

Um-- uh, P. G. Wodehouse. Farce, all that, you know.

"Careful there, Vicar."

Always imagined it's a pretty tough job, though, acting.

- The wages are a scandal, aren't they ? - They can be.

l see friends from university-- clever chaps.

Been in the business longer than you.

They're scraping by on seven, eight thousand a year.

You know, it's no life.

- What sort of acting do you do ? - Films, mainly.

Oh, splendid. Oh, well done. How's the pay in movies ?

l mean, last film you did, what did you get paid ?

Fifteen million dollars.

Right.

So that's, well, fairly good.

Right, l think we're ready.