Nobody's ever called me Sir Richard. Occasionally in America, I hear people saying Sir Richard and think there's some Shakespearean play taking place. But nowhere else anyway.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I also found being called Sir rather silly.
I won't say there's a good Richard and a bad Richard, but I've got a switch, and when it clicks on, I'm somebody else.
I don't know who Little Richard is.
Yes, it's true, I've been called the Laurence Olivier of spoofs. I guess that would make Laurence Olivier the Leslie Nielsen of Shakespeare.
When I was growing up in Ossining, N.Y., playing pool with the guys, the thought that any one of us might become an actor was as far-fetched as being knighted by the queen of England.
I'm John Clare now. I was Byron and Shakespeare formerly.
When I heard Little Richard, I mean, it just set my world on fire.
I am and always will be an HRH. But out of personal choice I like to be called William because that is my name and I want people to call me William - for now.
I tend to discourage people from calling me 'Sir Ian,' because I don't like being separated out from the rest of the population. Of course, it can be useful if you're writing an official letter, like trying to get a visa or something passed through Parliament. They're impressed by these things.
I never heard nobody in my audience call me any kind of names.
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