Home was notoriously ill suited for television, and when he arrived in the studio for one early appearance as Prime Minister he had a depressing exchange with the make-up assistant.
HOME: Can you not make me look better than I do on television? I look rather scraggy like a ghost.
MAKE-UP LADY: No.
HOME: Why not?
MAKE-UP LADY: Because you have a head like a skull.
HOME: Does not everybody have a head like a skull?
MAKE-UP LADY: No.
D. Sandbrook, White Heat (2006), 9
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