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Don't ask who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he's digested, and I've been reading all my life.

After The Wizard Of Oz I was typecast as a lion, and there aren't all that many parts for lions.

A lion is not a lion is not a lion. As individuals, as mates, as members of a society, they're all very different.

You know, I am a Leo. Lion is a giant part of me.

It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.

A lioness has got a lot more power than the lion likes to think she has.

There is something really mysterious about lions. They could rip you apart if they wanted to, but at the same time they look so cuddly. Can you imagine what humans look like to animals? They must think we're so weird.

'The Lion' all began with a picture of a faun carrying an umbrella and parcels in a snowy wood. This picture had been in my mind since I was about sixteen. Then one day, when I was about forty, I said to myself, 'Let's try to make a story about it.'

I am not influenced by other human beings. But I am inspired.