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Welcome to the Universal Soul Show. I'm Sarah Griffiths. Here with you for the next hour, my guest. Coming up, we've got legendary British actor, star of both stage and screen and on both sides of the Atlantic, I'm delighted to say John Standing is going to join me very shortly. First of all, a huge thank you for all of your messages around the world and the input that you've made to the show. It's always wonderful to hear from you. Ways to contact me here at the show. You can email me presentersomensradiostation.com Facebook is the Universal Soul Show. Twitter is UniversalSoulsh. Well, coming up in the second half of the show, we'll have the best things in life are free. As always, we'll be announcing our winner of the l' Occitane products and as ever, more of your five things that feed your soul. Well, without further ado, legendary British actor John Standing. A career spanning more years than seem possible or decent. But we don't believe in age and we're not going to talk about it, John, are we? It's wonderful to have you here. Hopefully not. I promise you we won't. John. John, do you know, I love how you word this in your words, being part of your ancient acting family. Now, I don't know how many people know about this, but just give us a little bit of background from a distinguished acting family, I believe, on your mother's side, is that right? Yeah, it is. Actually. The very first one was a man called Herbert Standing. Herbert Standing ponced around in some elaborately peculiar looking clothes in Los Angeles at the very beginning of moviemaking. He had two children. As far as I know, they were his children. Maybe they were his. Yeah, I think they must have been his children. One was called Wyndham and the other one was called Percy. And Wyndham used to work a lot with Hitchcock, but Hitchcock would only ever allow him to say either yes and occasionally no because he was a bad actor, John, or because he was an electrifyingly bad actor, I think. Marvellous. And they both look. And they started off in silent movies. And I've got David Niven, his frightful name dropping, but David Niven sent me photographs. He said, these are your family and your grandfather, who was knighted not for acting, but for doing nefarious things in the Navy in the 1914 war, was very sweet to Niven. When he first went out to Hollywood. My grandfather said that, you know, apparently that, you know, Niv was going to make it, which indeed he did in no Uncertain terms. And my grandfather was a great deal more successful than his antecedents than Herbert. But he was bitten by a black widow spider in the end that killed him. Is that serious? John? Yes. No, I promise you I'm not making anything. I ought to be making things up, but I'm not. It's absolutely fact. He was bitten by a black widow. He'd just done a film called Lives of Bengal Lancer in which he played kind of woofy colonel. And a friend of his was walking down Hollywood Boulevard and said, guy, Guy, how nice to see you. What are you doing? He said, I'm on my way to the chemist to get a potion. Was he Welsh? John? Well, no, no, no, but he spoke like that. He's very kind of rather old fashioned and I think he played a lot of doctors and things like that. But anyway, that's how he spoke because I've heard him and I never met him. But he said, I'm going to get a chemist, I'm going to the chemist for a potion. So he went to the chemist, got a potion and dropped dead because he'd been bitten by this spider in the wrist, apparently. Boulevard. Where did the spider bitten him? At home, where he was living in Malibu Lake. He had a little house on Malibu Lake and he was a fabulous man. Apparently everybody simply adored him. John when he was knighted he only had because he was an actor, he only had eight quid in the world. And he was knighted for spying in the 1914 war and for taking out eight motor torpedo boats and fighting in the North Sea with Jellicoe in the North Sea and came back and they knighted him. So God knows what he'd got up to and God knows what he'd done as a spy. John. So the first connections to the acting were the ones that pounced around, wore strange clothes, weren't terribly good, could only say yes or no. Then it got slightly better with this gentleman with the drama of the black widow spider. So then was it automatic therefore that you would follow on into the business or how did that come about? Well, my mother was an actress. My mother was an actress. My mother was an actress called Kay Hammond and she starred in a huge amount of things in the West End. And starting off with French Without Tears, which she and Rex Harrison did in the 1930s and then she did Bly Spirit and indeed the movie of Blythe Spirit as well, which she was in during the war. She did three years on the stage in the war. And because when my parents were separated, we were made wards of Court. And we weren't allowed to spend a night, my brother and I, under my father's roof until we were over 21. And my mother made us, as I say, wards of Court. So I spent the entire time really when my mother was touring or in London, I'd spend it backstage and on tour. We'd on school holidays, I would be in digs or in elaborate hotels or whatever it was, wherever they were touring because they did pre London tours and then post London tours which were considered the thing to do and they'd do tour for something like 16 weeks. And as a child one was pumped round by, you know, so in essence you were in the business before you were actually even in the business. I mean, in terms of when you began your career in Peter Book's production of Titus Andronicus starring Lawrence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. I mean, that's an incredible start. Where does one go from there when you start with something like that? Well, I started by carrying a spear. I was literally carrying a spear. And because I wasn't going to be an actor at all really, I thought my family wanted to do that. My family had been actors and I thought, I don't want to do that. And I had to do two years national service and when I came out of the army, I went to art school with a view of being a painter, which I still do and still paint and I do exhibit. And so I did go to art school and then my mother yanked me away from art school and said, you've got to go to work. And I thought, well, I'm far too stupid to do anything in the city and anyway, I can't bear anything like that. And so I went and did an audition for spear carrying and understudying, I hasten to add, at Stratford. And I had to understudy a man who became a well known director called Michael Blakemore. And his line in Titus Andronicus was Ryman's mike. Why he was an Australian, an extremely nice man. So when I came to understudy rehearsals, all I had to do was say Ryomond's mike way. And every night on the stage, Lawrence Olivier used to walk across the stage and say, good evening potato face to me, who was carrying a spear and he was about to embark on this massive part of Titus in which he was dazzling. So it was a good learning curve, I can tell you, watching him. What a springboard, John, from that. I mean, it gives real hope, I think, to actors, not that it's in a way the same world when it comes to acting, but just to get in there, to get involved and start wherever you start. I mean, if we look through then at your career, if you look back, John, which performances or which productions stand out for you when we're talking about theatrical experiences? Well, I don't. I mean, I think I remember doing Three Sisters and Judi Dench and I were playing opposite each other and she was playing Irena and I was playing Tusenbach in an Oxford production directed by Frank Horser. And we did have the most wonderful time doing that. I loved doing that. I loved doing Titus Andronicus. I loved. Because that was wonderful fun as a kicker, as a starter, obviously. I mean, that was ridiculous because one didn't have to do any work as such. And we went on this amazing tour from Paris, Venice, Vienna, Belgrade, Zagreb, Warsaw, London, job one, then weekly rep, which was ghastly and. And that was. I didn't enjoy that really. And then fortnightly rep and then after that for three years. I was then doing leading parts at the Bristol ovic, which was a. Which I enjoyed doing hugely. And then. And then I'd been very lucky and got into the West End and did. Tom Wilkinson said you were called West End Johnny when you were younger, which is kind of a frightening prospect. And Johnny still stays with you, does it not? Johnny, may I ask you, one of the first things or the first thing that you chose to feed your soul was porridge. Was that something literally that used to fuel these performances and throughout your career? I don't know. I suppose having porridge at breakfast, I don't think. I mean, I think that's a moderately recent thing, I don't think. I used to have bacon and eggs and sausages and all the sort of things that are fantastically good to eat and fantastically, flamboyantly bad. But you love porridge now. But I don't even love it that much. But I have it because I know it's disgustingly healthy and I'm still alive because I'm older than God. And so I thought, well, the answer is to hang in there with the porridge. John, we're going to listen to your first choice of music. It's actually the Beethoven Piano Concerto Number four. It's the first movement. Just tell us where your love of this came from. It came from when I was in the army in Germany and I heard a most wonderful pianist called Elie Ney playing it. And I used to go to open air concerts which could conducted by a man called Wagner, oddly enough. And they were candlelit concerts and I had two brother officers and we both used to go to these concerts and I heard Ellen A playing this Beethoven and I just thought it was magic. It. Sa. Sa. John standing staying with me. So I hope you will too. Lots more to talk about after these few ads. We'll be right back. WRS Women's Radio Station Voice of Women Worldwide Sarah's Universal Soul Show. What does your soul or spirituality mean to you? Welcome to future Classical Woman Awards with me, Stefania Passamonte on Women's Radio Station. Welcome back. I'm Russ Cain. You're listening to in conversation with on Women's Radio Station. I'm Angie. And I'm Patsy and we're open. 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To donate, simply head to our website. Every little will help. Well, I'm here with John Standing. John, before the break we were talking about the beginnings of your career. We also talked about because this whole idea of five things that feed your soul and you said porridge. But I think you know, you're the only guest that I've had on that. When I've said tell me the five things that feed your soul. You said to me, well, I don't have a soul. Do you mean that? What is a soul? It's nothing. Well that's interesting. What is a soul, John, do you think? Absolutely nothing. Yeah. Nothing. I don't believe in souls. I don't believe in heaven or hell or any of that. No, it's all crazy land. So porridge, feeding your soul is a good answer. Your soul is quite close to your stomach then perhaps. John, John, listen, we've talked about some of the incredible productions you starred in in your career so far. But let', so let's, let's just kind of, you know, pull, pull right up to date. When I said your career on both sides of the Atlantic, I mean you've done L A Law, Murder She Wrote, NYPD Blues and then you come over to this side and we've got the Avengers, the Saint, Midsummer Murders and then things like the Crown. Very current. And obviously Game of Thrones. I mean how different is it working in these kind of current productions? And obviously we're talking about filming now rather than the theatre. I don't know, I mean I've been very. To be perfectly honest with you, those were kind of fill in jobs when you were doing the theatre. You'd think I must go and do a telly. And somebody would say, well they'll pay you a few bob to do the Avengers. And so you'd go and do an Avengers, and you wouldn't really give it a second's thought and hope that nobody would see you in it, really, to be perfectly honest with you. And recently I've just done Patrick Melrose with Benedict Cumberbatch, which was. What I really care about is the writing, to be perfectly honest with you. And that was written by my dear friend David Nichols, actually, John. Yeah, it was written by David Nichols and he wrote a wonderful screenplay. I then did a tiny bit in Lear because Richard Eyre rang up and asked me if I would, and I said, yes, of course I would. I'd love to. So I did the old man in King Lear and then another old man in King Learn. And then more recently, I've just done this, I think, a brilliant piece written by Florence Keith Roach, who produced it, directed it and also starred in it, and was, I think, really, really clever. So tell us about this, John. So it's a short film called A Family Affair. It's a short film called A Family Affair. And I play this failed kind of eight, eighth on the bill, a variety bill. The character called Mr. Dainty, or I named him Mr. Dainty when he was kind of hopeless, but he was kind of variety used to be. Was a big deal, seaside variety. Every summer people went to see the, you know, these absurd shows and they'd have Dickie Valentine and people like that starring in them, and then they go through the bill. And I reckon this character probably did bad tap dancing and juggling at the same time and was kind of hopeless, but always good and always knew where to go, where the good digs were and things like that. Do you know, Speaking of good digs, John, we'll just bring in the third thing that feeds your soul or one of the things, the English countryside. So, you know. So where was this set, this film? Was this in the countryside or in London? No, it was in Somerset. I was thrown out of every single school I went to. And finally I was smoking in church and somebody said, why are you doing that? And I said, why am I doing what? And they said, smoking. I said, well, I don't know, really, because I wanted to have a cigarette. They said, well, you can't do that here. So I was thrown out again. And I. Never really mind. I was incredibly rebellious as a little boy. Oh, I love to hear that. Do you think it's changed, John? I can see the rebellion in you. I'm all, no, no, I'm Absolutely. I've just been ticked off on the bus for saying frightful things about Boris Johnson. The man said, you should keep it to yourself. I said, absolutely not. Boris Johnson is simply frightful. And I was at the same ghastly school life, which I've also thrown out of. And he said, well, you mustn't say things. And I said, absolutely. And I said. And we were talking about Brexit. The man I was sitting next to, and we were telling how appalling Brexit is and why it's gonna, you know, everybody, everybody's gonna suffer already. Medicine is now becoming more expensive. Everything is more expensive as a result of Brexit. Well, that is the wonderful naughtiness and fun about you, John Standing, that we love, which it brings about that incredible spirit, even if it has no soul, as you purport it, not to have your next choice of music is incredible fun. So that' Tell us where your love of that came from. It comes from Mexico. The first time I heard it was a mariachi band in Mexico in the 1960s, and I'd been filming in Los Angeles, and I went on Mexico. I went to Mexico on holiday, and it was then we went to Acapulco. And Acapulco was a tiny little resort then, believe it or not, and there was one wonderful hotel called the Villaviera. And I was staying with friends there. And Mexico had. And somebody started to play La Bamba. Well, let's hear it now, John, I think the chairs might be going back. I can feel a dance coming on. I know you're a great dancer. Should we have a go? Yeah, let's do it. Okay, darling. Ram. La. It, Ma. What fun. 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Are we going to be able to see this? I have no idea. I mean, it depends how it's sold, to be perfectly honest with you. And I know where they take it to these various places like Cannes and like Venice and the various festival. It goes to festivals. And I think the idea is it goes to festivals and then people see it and say, actually if it was elongated, you could turn this into a marvelous movie script. The three of these girls are really blindingly clever. Emerald Fennell is doing it in Los Angeles and. And does it brilliantly. And Florence Keith Roach, who's done this one, and Phoebe Wannabrich and. And is completely brilliant. And they are. They're all deeply educated, they've all been at university, they've all got very, very good degrees and they are blindingly articulate and amusing and clever. So, you know, anything can come from it. The story, basically speaking, is this girl gets blind drunk, goes to bed with somebody, wakes up the following morning and is woken up by this man, this old man, coming into her room, who could be a sort of variety turn, and he wakes her up and then they have a long conversation together and you, as the member of the audience, assume that the two of them have actually slept with one another and they have that kind of conversation and then they finish up by, at some level or another, by dancing with one another. And what and what. And how it finishes up with. Then his son appears and says, what? What? What? He doesn't say, what on earth are you doing? You can imagine what he says. And I say, well, I'm just. We were just talking to you. I was just talking to your date and it's not my date, it's not my date. And then my daughter comes in and it turns out that actually she'd been to bed with my daughter. So actually it was a. Was a marvellous twist at the end. End. And that's. That. That is the end. But the main. The body of the show is the two of us having the scene together and me finishing up by Actually dancing with her to cheer her up because she looks, she's agonized by what she's done and the fact that she was blind drunk and the fact that she slept with my child. So I think. And it works really well. She's been very, very clever. It's very, very well written. Well, we wish it huge. Like, do you say it's going to Sundance as well? I think it's supposed to be going to Sundance. I think Sundance in Venice is probably wonderful. Where it's going to pitch, where they're going to pitch it. Anyway. John, you talk about, you mentioned their children, obviously, in this piece. One of the things also you said that fed your soul were your own four children. Have any of them stepped into the acting arena? Yes, my daughter Tilly has and she's an actress and she's really, I think she's lovely and very good at it. But it's tough. I think it's a tough start. Now my son's a teacher. My other son works in, is a property man and, well, he's an estate agent, which is not. I mean, I'm not being disparaging at all because I think anything that any of us do, you know, to get through life, through the great journey is imperative to say nothing. But anyway, and that's what he does. And my other daughter India is a mum and a hard working, industrious mum, married to a wonderful American photographer who's now the Vogue photographer. Photographer. Vogue. He's a really sensational photographer. I love. You say things that get us through life, John. And I know the other two things that you mentioned as things that feed your soul. So fruit come in there somewhere. We're back to your soul being your stomach again. And also fishing and cricket. So those are loves of your, of your life. Are you still playing cricket and fishing? No, I don't play, but I watch a huge amount, amount of cricket and I always, every time I watch I think, oh my God, I'd love to be doing that. I'd love to be doing that. But I'd be not a good idea. But I can fish still and I love doing that. And you know, and if one's lucky enough to get invited to do, to hurl a fly across a chalk stream from time to time, it's kind of magical to be. To put it mildly. I do think that's completely wonderful to do that or lucky enough to do that, frankly. Wonderful. If you hadn't been an actor, John, what do you think? What would you have been? What you, What Would you have liked to have been had you not been. Been the incredible actor you are? I just. I've. No. I just have. No. I can't begin to think. I mean, because I've had a life. It's been such an exciting and eventful and sometimes lunatic poverty and then, you know, suddenly it all works out and there's a wonderful gig and you suddenly make a lot of money. And then because I'm really bad with money and not clever with money, I would been a hopeless businessman because I can't bear bits of paper or anything like that, really. And so I would have hated that. I love when you talk about life being a ride, John, because I think that's a great way to look at it because it sometimes makes even the more challenging times or elements more dealable with. Because you think you may as well have a ride of good and bad and take all sorts on the way. Undoubtedly. It's all it is. It's a journey. It is a ride through. It is a ride. And then the journey comes to a grinding horse and that's the end of that, in my way of thinking. Well, John, I love your final piece of music. Again, much fun in this. And also talking about a journey and a ride and. And mystery and intrigue. We're talking about Mozart's Marriage of Figaro, the Countess and Susanna duet. The version that we're going to hear, actually is Kirita Kanawa as the Countess. Why do you love this so much? Oh, just because it's a magical piece of music. It's a wonderful opera. And I was one of the. On one occasion I was allowed to go to see the rehearsal in Los Angeles of Peter Hall's production of this. And it was a marvelous rehearsal because it kept on. They were stopping and starting and stopping and starting. So you've got the arias coming out in front of you and you've got the wonderful story. And of course, now when you see these operas, you get the typing going on over the top of the proscenium so that you can actually know what they're singing. Because, I mean, the libretto is always something else that was written by somebody else or normally. Actually, I think Mozart wrote his own librettos, but I've just seen La Bohme in Venice and the libretto, of course, for that was not written by Puccini, but written by somebody else. But seeing anyway, it's magic. This is magic, John. It's magic. Your magic. 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He's got a beauty blog worth checking out called Desert Island Skin. So if you want to have a look at that you can on desertislandskin.co.uk men and women. Lots of tips, lots of interesting reads and posts in that, so check it out for yourself. Anyway, let's have a listen. This is What Chris had to say about his win last week. Hi Sarah, thanks for choosing me as your Bare Minerals winner. I really wanted to try these products for quite a while now. So it's a brilliant chance to, to get a chance to give them a go. I really like what you're doing with this radio show and about what feed you saw because that in the end of the day is what's most important. Oh, bless you, Chris. Well, that's very kind of you to say. Well, it's time. Let's have a look at who the winner is of our giveaway rather this week which was of course from l'. Occitane. I've just been in the south of France actually I was in Provence so I was very much in that kind of l' Occitane area of the world. So it was the l' Occitane rose hand cream and the almond lighter legs. The winner this week is Sylvia Gross. I hope I'm pronouncing that okay, Sylvia. Sylvia liked the post where I showed the giveaway and I just think important to express when you like something. So that was good enough for me. The thumbs up to the picture of the l' Occitane rose hand cream and the almond lighter legs. So they'll be on their way to you. Sylvia, send me a direct message and I'll get those to you. Now let's move on to our new prize for this week comes from a brand I absolutely adore. I have to say I've worn most of the summer so far. It's a real go to for any occasion. And we're talking about a stunning jewellery brand that's an absolute hit with top stylists and that is Azzuni London. Now Azzuni London described or their mission statement is between two worlds. It's an eclectic mix of exotic and classic, well traveled and classy. Each piece taking inspiration from around the globe. It's got a real sense of being globally aware to it. I love the founder fusing a lifetime passion for ancient craftsmanship and tribal art forms with contemporary fashion now. Now you can see their collections if you want to check them out for yourselves on ozuni.co.uk also there's going to be a link on my page here at women's radio station and of course on the womensradiostation.com webpage. So it's the first time we've had a jewellery giveaway and they are absolutely beautiful. The reason I say they is we're talking earrings, a stunning pair of hooped earrings. We're looking at the melle earrings in the colorway, which is Savannah. It's a stylish take on the classic crochet that Izuni have done. Expertly hand woven from beads and crystals, they're like little treasures. They sort of radiate style and sparkle. What I love about this particular collection is that they're part of a socially responsible charity collection, in actual fact, which a Zuni. Back in an area of rural poverty and female disempowerment, this cooperative workshop provides the women weavers with the means to actively support themselves and their families and in essence, become leaders in their community while still preserving the ancient tribal craftsmanship of the weaving. So it's a really beautiful story. And these earrings, I have to say, I really covet them. I do hope I'm going to manage to put them in the post to whoever wins them. They've got my favorite beautiful soft pink color in them, which I've been wearing a lot of this summer, in actual fact. Then really soft, like a noisette brown colour, beautiful white and gold beads and then this soft sort of pale pink rose feather color running through it as well. Really charming. So I'd urge you go to the website, which is azzuni.co.uk, have a look at the melle crystal hoop earrings and the color that I'm giving away this week is Savannah. Now, of course, I'll put a picture of them on the website. I'll tweet them as well and you can look on the Facebook page to beam with a chance of winning these. Remember, you don't have to do very much. Just get involved with the show in whichever way suits you. You can like a post or you can send in your five things that feed your soul to presentersomensradiostation.com if you'd like to. You can tweet me women's radio stationstn Facebook. We're the Universal Soul show or the show's Twitter address is universalsoulsh. So lots of different ways to be in touch. Now, I've got a few more of the five things that feed your soul for you now, so from Joan Scott, Lovely to hear from you, Joan. Joan says babies her garden, knitting and crafting, her church and walking on the seashore. So I bet you've been enjoying that, Joan. In the lovely weather, Kath Lancaster says, go on. Then another entry, England in the semi finals. Sadly watching Dynasty. She says, looking at my garden, hoping the weather cools down. Ooh, I think be careful what you Wish for I think it is cooling down rather a cold bottle of Prosecco. Oh, I agree with that. Emily Lander Clark, who I know very well, a wonderful artist out in Australia that I used to live very near in London. Sending huge love to you in Australia, Emily. She says, call to prayer, the cicadas, the sound of soil cracking after a drought. The sound of my love's voice on the phone and the loud sou of silence. I love that. Hayley Nash says, my family, my niece, my hubby. Happiness and peace and quiet. And lastly, Jane Mulholland says early morning sitting outside and listening to the dawn chorus at the start of a new day. Her son, 25 years old and one of the kindest men she knows. Her best friend who's been with me every step of the way for nearly 40 years, watching children play on the beach or in the park. Their enthusiasm for life energy and imagination always amazes me. And classical music after a long day at work. Even though she also loves rock music, classical always calms and soothes the soul. So lots of great suggestions there. Also, Denise Meldrum actually sent in Hi Sarah. My 19 year old son of whom I'm incredibly proud, but I don't think he believes it. Well, there you are, Denise. Now you can actually let him hear that live. Her family, real and adopted, to whom I owe so much. Her friends who've been there through laughter and tears and her me time for dressmaking and creating all wonderful thoughts. I love that, the kind of variety and combination that people have. Well, finally the last show we talked about our thoughts creating our reality and how in essence, it's our vibration that the world is actually responding to. I love the fact that it doesn't really differentiate whether it's good or bad, our thoughts or our vibration. It will simply match whatever we're putting out there, whatever our energetic vibration is. So it really seems to me it is in our interest to do whatever's necessary to feel good or costs. Whatever makes you feel good, literally is good for you. So love what you do and do what you love, I reckon so. I wish you a few weeks full of whatever that might be for you. Until then, as ever, don't you worry. Heaven's got a plan for you. As our theme tune says, much love and bye for now. We haven't got a plan for you don't you bury don't you bur it down yeah. Don't you worry don't you worry, child she has got a plan for you don't you worry don't you worry now. There was a time I met a girl of a different kind we rule the world I thought I'd never lose her Outside we were so young I think of her now and then I still hear the songs reminding me of a friend. Upon a hill across the blue lake that's where I had my first heartbreak I still remember how it all changed My father said don't you worry don't you worry, child she ever got a plan for you? Don't you worry don't you wor it now yeah. 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