Make up. but then also paired with a frock coat. the concert pianist s tails. yeah. when did that start? i mean, it was quite a quick sort of not particularly thought about decision about the end of 200a. i was in sydney writing a little musical with my friends, actually, and this cabaret thing i was doing was definitely quite clearly looking like the thing i should concentrate on. people were really enjoying it and the room was. you know, sometimes i was playing to two people in the audience, but in general, people were starting to take a bit of an interest. # you could be clever as voltaire # but it won t get you nowhere if you want to sell discs # and very early 2005, i did a show at the seymour centre in sydney and i had just decided to. i ve got very curly hair. i decided to straighten my hair, don t know why. and i d lost a bit of weight and ijust thought, ijust had this sense that maybe this show i was doing, which at the time was called dark side, might be a bit of a chance. an
Yeah, itjust has its own life. and one of the extraordinary strokes of luck in my life, of which there have been many, is that this thing i helped create, itjust lives without me and it lives in culture. and, you know, a high school in sydney right now is doing it, well, dozens of high schools in sydney are doing it. and you know, the finnish version, i just got sent the translation, i think the mandarin back translation and then there s children s books and now there s this incredible feature film. # sometimes you have to be a little bit naughty # and i actually feel uncomplicated about it. i feel like matilda, of all the things i ve done, there s just no. ..downside to matilda. it s done so much good in the world. it s generated incredible opportunities for kids and money for charities and good messages for young women. and it s. i m very, very lucky to have been involved. and a personal affirmation for you, for your work. has it changed the way that
You know, the shock of wild hair, the very thick kohl eyeliner? yeah. make up. but then also paired with a frock coat. the concert pianist s tails. yeah. when did that start? i mean, it was quite a quick sort of not particularly thought about decision about the end of 200a. i was in sydney writing a little musical with my friends, actually, and this cabaret thing i was doing was definitely quite clearly looking like the thing i should concentrate on. people were really enjoying it and the room was. you know, sometimes i was playing to two people in the audience, but in general, people were starting to take a bit of an interest. # you could be clever as voltaire # but it won t get you nowhere.# if you want to sell discs. and very early 2005, i did a show at the seymour centre in sydney and i had just decided to. i ve got very curly hair. i decided to straighten my hair, don t know why. and i d lost a bit of weight and ijust thought, ijust had this sense that maybe
Is that this thing i helped create, itjust lives without me and it lives in culture. and, you know, a high school in sydney right now is doing it, well, dozens of high schools in sydney are doing it. and you know, the finnish version, i just got sent the translation, i think the mandarin back translation and then there s children s books and now there s this incredible feature film. # sometimes you have to be a little bit naughty # and i actually feel uncomplicated about it. i feel like matilda, of all the things i ve done, there s just no. ..downside to matilda. it s done so much good in the world. it s generated incredible opportunities for kids and money for charities and good messages for young women. and it s. i m very, very lucky to have been involved. and a personal affirmation for you, for your work. has it changed the way that you write songs or the way that you feel about your confidence, for instance, in being a songwriter? yeah, it completely changed my
I mean, it was quite a quick sort of not particularly thought about decision about the end of 200a. i was in sydney writing a little musical with my friends, actually, and this cabaret thing i was doing was definitely quite clearly looking like the thing i should concentrate on. people were really enjoying it and the room was. you know, sometimes i was playing to two people in the audience, but in general, people were starting to take a bit of an interest. # you could be clever as voltaire # but it won t get you nowhere if you want to sell discs # and very early 2005, i did a show at the seymour centre in sydney and i had just decided to. i ve got very curly hair. i decided to straighten my hair, don t know why. and i d lost a bit of weight and ijust thought, ijust had this sense that maybe this show i was doing, which at the time was called dark side, might be a bit of a chance. and so i thought. i ve always had a fairly pragmatic attitude to this. i m not someone who thinks,