KENNETH, WHAT IS THE MOST HIGH
PRESSURE JOB YOU'VE EVER BEEN
IN?
>> THE MOST HIGH PRESSURE JOB I
HAD WAS TO BE THE FIRST PERSON
TO SPEAK ON THEIR OWN FOR TEN
LINES OF SHAKE SPEERS AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE OPENING
CEREMONY OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN
LONDON.
>> James: YES, OF COURSE YOU
DID.
>> BRILLIANT, THE GREAT-- HAD TO
PULL OUT THE LAST MINUTE AND SO
THE DIRECTOR GOT ME IN, I WENT
TO THE OLYMPIC STADIUM PACKED
WITH THOUSANDS OF GYMNASTS
PRACTICING, WE WENT UP TO THE
EDGE OF THE STADIUM, I DID THE
LITTLE SPEECH AND HE SAID THAT
IS GREAT.
JUST LIKE THAT.
FINE, SO JUST ONE THING, WHERE
WILL THE TELEPROMPTER BE.
HE SAID WHAT DO YOU MEAN.S
I SAID WHERE WILL I READ THIS
FROM BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, I NEED
TO READ IT OR.
>> HE SAID THERE WON'T BE, IT
WILL NOT LOOK ELEGANT.
IT'S NOT GOING TO LOOK ELEGANT.
I JUST WANT TO, OKAY, SO HOW
MANY PEOPLE WOULD BE WATCHING ME
LIVE DOING THIS WHILE WHILE IT'S
NOT ELEGANT. A
HE SAID I THINK IT'S A BILLION,
BILLION AND A HALF TOPS.
>> OKAY, CAN I HAVE SOMETHING IN
MY-- NO, YOU CAN'T HAVE ANYTHING
IN YOUR EAR, THEY ARE GETTING
INSTRUCTIONS FOR OTHER THINGS.
I SAID WHAT IF I HAVE SOME SORT
OF BRAIN FUDGE, YOU KNOW, JUST
SOMETHING CRAZY COMES OUT AND HE
THOUGHT FOR AWHILE AND HE LOOKED
AND SAID WELL, YOU'LL BE ALL
RIGHT.
THAT WAS IT.
THAT WAS IT YOU WILL BE ALL
RIGHT.
SO I PRACTICED THAT SPEECH
NONSTOP THERE WASN'T A WAKING
MINUTE FOR THE FOLLOWING THREE
WEEKS WHERE I WASN'T SAYING
THOSE WORDS.
MY DOG COULD DO THE SPEECH, MY
WIFE COULD DO THE SPEECH.
I COULD DO IT BACKWARDS AND, BUT
IT WAS THE MOMENT OF, YOU KNOW,
NOW I WILL NEVER, KEN, YOU'RE
ON, BILLION AND A HALF PEOPLE,
OPENING MOMENT, OLYMPIC GAMES,
OPENING CEREMONY AND GO.
>> James: OH MY WORD.
>> IT'S MAKING ME SWEETY THINK
BEING IT JRS THAT'S ABSOLUTELY
TERRIFYING.
WE FEEL THAT PRESSURE EVERY
NIGHT, DON'T WE, REG.
>> Reggie: YEAH.
>> James: BECAUSE THERE ARE
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WATCHING THIS
RIGHT NOW.
(LAUGHTER).
>> James: HUNDREDS.
IMAGINE THAT PRESSURE.
