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He made positive noises about Sir Keir and French President Emmanuel Macron's plan to grab hold of the plans for peace before presenting them to the US, for Europe to up its game, developing its own more convincing security guarantees.

"There is so much to reflect on. It's an extraordinary thing to get to my stage in my career and still be doing new things, new excitement. So, I really wanted to grab hold of that."

I’m curious how you would amend this quote: “There are two ways to survive in television now, and one is really hard, and I haven’t cracked it yet, which is to grab hold of this giant zeitgeist hit like ‘Modern Family,’ where everyone in the world wants to see it, and you just write your own ticket.

“Time is of the essence for us to grab hold of the fire and start getting containment.”

Programs with bright colors, repetition and songs grab hold of children’s attention, he said.