
1994 9 March
Afternoon and evening we planned tomorrow'sbed scenes and shot the first kiss. Georgina* brave and focused as ever. Iconstantly forget she is 17. No allowances at all are necessary. A phenomenalluxury.
Back to the hotel for a yawning supper. Sotired I am sure I answered the phone in my sleep. Halfway through the call Icame to, realising that I was talking to Gillian Barge and arranging lunch onSaturday. I must ask her for her recollections of speaking to a lunatic.
下午和傍晚我们提前设计了第二天的床戏,还完成了第一场吻戏。乔治娜一如既往地勇敢和专注,以至于我总是忘记她才17岁。拍摄过程中,演员的确需要排除顾虑。难得她这么专业,对我来说是一种奢侈。
回酒店后,哈欠连天地吃完晚饭。太累了,我打电话的时候,肯定都快睡着了。电话打到一半,我才反应过来,我是在和吉莲?巴奇约着周六一起吃午餐。到时候我一定得问问她,我这疯子都和她说了什么。

1996 9 March
3pm Tommy matinée.Stunning production. The critics sniping ... Is real anal retention. Just gowith it.
5.20 To ... the Groucho Club to talk withDes McAnuff about his film Cousin Bette, which as I said to him is like mixingFeydeau with Ibsen. Is that possible? He's good to talk to, though. Today Imanaged a little less. Filling potential pauses. Sometimes you don't know theend of the sentence upon which you have just embarked. Scary.
下午3点,《汤米》的下午场。整部戏制作惊艳,评论界还是不说好话……真是吹毛求疵。随他们说去吧!
5点20分???在绅士俱乐部和德斯?迈克纳福聊了聊他的电影《贝蒂表妹》’,这部片子就像费多遇见了易卜生,我也是这么告诉他的。不可思议,不是吗?话虽如此,德斯是一个很好的聊天对象。今天我有点儿没收住,该适可而止的时候却没有管住嘴。有时候一张嘴,不知道会说出什么话来。怪吓人的。

1998 9 March
9ish Die Hard. Ten years on. It still workslike none of the others. Real energy, perfect camera work, wit and style.
9点左右,《虎胆龙威》。十年过去了,这部电影还是那么独树一帜。
充沛的能量,完美的镜头语言,智慧与风格并存。

2003 9 March
4pm Old Vic/Hugh Cruttwell's memorial.
That it happened was what was importantnever mind the material although Greg's speech was wonderful as wasGeraldine's. And the massed voices on 'A Little Help From My Friends' was theabiding echo.
下午4点,老维克/休?克鲁特威尔的追悼会。
最重要的是举办这场追悼会的意义,而非形式。话虽如此,格雷格和杰拉尔了”的发言都很精彩。最后,全场大合唱《在我朋友的帮助下》。

2004 9 March
To the nursing home to see Auntie D. 8Uncle V. The first sight of them is like a rite of passage - in their room, intheir armchairs (having walked down a corridor with the smell of urine waftingalong with me), both asleep, waxen. Awake, as usual Auntie D. does all thetalking
- how they love it here, the staff arewonderful, but worry because they've always paid their way... Here and there wetrade some memories and Uncle V. silently weeps at the mention of people &places gone.
去疗养院看望多莉婶婶和维克叔叔。看到他们的第一眼,就像是目睹人生中必经的一场仪式——他们坐在病房中的扶手椅上(我穿过走廊,闻到一股尿味),两个人都睡着了,面色蜡黄。等他们醒来之后,还和以前一样,都是多莉婶婶在说话—他们很喜欢这里,工作人员都很好,但他们也有顾虑,因为住在这里总是要花钱…我们时不时地交换一些回忆,维克叔叔一提到故人故士,就默默地哭泣。

2005 9 March
..brave, beautiful Sheila Gish has died. Itwas like a slow crescendo.
But so desperately unfair. Impossible tomake much sense except the humbling courage.
美丽勇敢的希拉?吉什去世了,她的人生就像是一曲音乐缓慢推向渐强。然而,命运是如此不公。我不知做何感想,心里只是念着她的谦逊和勇气。

2009 9 March
7.30 Donmar, Be Near Me.
Ian McDiarmid's play version of AndrewO'Hagan's novel. Elegaic, cerebral, inward, reflective. Like lan really.
7点半,丹玛尔剧院,《靠近我》。
伊恩?麦克迪阿梅德根据安德鲁?欧哈根的小说改编而成的剧目。如一曲挽歌,富于理性,向内求索,引人反思。真的很像伊恩的风格。