Everything else, the FT Culture Podcast, is back next week.

We're kicking off with a fierce debate on genius versus mediocrity with Lucian Masamati,

star of the National Theatre production, Amadeus.

And also in our first episode, the actor Clark Peters, who's best known for The Wire,

will be telling us about his role in the Oscar-tipped film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.

And in the coming weeks, we'll meet Peter Carey, Michelle Terry, Leila Slomani, Simon McBurney, and many others.

I could have been this and that and the other year. At one point in time, there was, you know, looking at going into the priesthood if that, you know, if it wasn't acting.

And I think all that has to do is...

You have a good voice for a priest.

Do I?

Yes.

Well, it depends on what kind of priest you're talking about.

Now, my congregation will sit up quietly and kneel and pray.

When you are a woman, you know what it is to be a body,

and the fact that people are commenting on your body

and how you look and what you wear.

I live in New York City, which is filled with people

who carry at least two histories and two countries in their hearts.

And in that respect, it feels rather comfortable.

I think that a lot of people are telling you, you know where you are going to be a mother.

You're going to feel so much love and so much power, and you're never going to be lonely again.

But that's absolutely not true.

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