Dick Cavett on Richard Burton:
I tried to imagine what fears or hesitations Burton might have about appearing with me. Could he be afraid that the rich voice, those rugged good looks, the manly erotic charm, the hypnotic blue eyes, the articulacy, the fine wit and the ready storehouse of classical and modern literary quotations and allusions were not quite enough to qualify him for sitting next to Cavett? (Did anyone think, just now, that I was describing myself?)
This is an entertaining blog post (I think Cavett is more than a little in love with Burton) and a fantastic interview with Richard Burton. I hope that when Jonathan Rhys Meyers thinks of Richard Burton, he weeps at how inadequate a King Henry VIII he is in comparison.
