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My grandfather was a really, really tough no-nonsense factory worker who emigrated from Ireland in about 1900 to Bridgeport, Conn. He had a big effect on me. Those guys who took a great leap out into what they knew not were the ones who were the real stars, the real heroes.

My grandfather went through a lot in his life.

Although my father is English, I was brought up in Australia.

I was brought up largely by my grandfather because my father only returned from a prisoner-of-war camp in 1947 and worked in the nearest small town, so I hardly ever saw him.

My father is Indonesian Timorese, my mother Aboriginal Australian.

I met Patricia Neal, John Houseman. But I loved my grandfather because he was this kind, talented man.

My father was an all-American football player.

When I was a child, I loved old people. My New Hampshire grandfather was my model human being.