Jeremy's in ANOTHER brand new fundraising book for a good cause: Hug O' War, it's called -- Get to see his handwritten poem, childhood memoir and a graphologist's take on his handwriting -- it's all right here!
by Janna Spark, Quartet Books, Ltd.
December 1, 2000
Subtitled Handwritten Poems, Memoirs and Graphological Profiles of successful people in various occupations, the author, a leading child psychologist and educator, asked 48 celebrities (including, along with Jeremy: Roger Moore, Helena Bonham Carter, Simon Callow, Bryan Forbes, Hugh Grant, David Beckham, Susan Hampshire and Christopher Lee) to copy, in their own hand, a short children's poem. She also asked each celebrity to write a short memoir and then submitted the results for a graphological analysis which highlights why the participants have succeeded in their respective careers. Proceeds from sales of the book are donated to the children of Kosovo.
Herewith, Jeremy's contribution:
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TWEEDLE - DUM AND TWEEDLE - DEE Tweedle-dum and Tweedle-dee Resolved to have a battle For Tweedle-dum said Tweedle-dee Had spoiled his nice new rattle. Just then flew by a monstrous crow As big as a tar-barrel. Which frightened both the heroes so They quite forgot their quarrel. Lewis Carroll |
Jeremy's memoir:
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I remember the first time I was placed on the back of a horse. It was in a stable and the horse was grey. I remember it seeming quite nice, but rather high. Jeremy Irons |
Here is what the handwriting analyst said about Jeremy:
This is a supple, cultured, sensitive mind, coolly under control. The result is a harmonious co-ordination of ideas and actions. The writer's breadth of outlook and spirit of enquiry is steadied by a certain detached objectivity.
His discriminating mind grasps essentials, senses possibilities and creatively develops ideas without losing sight of details. He can thus achieve his goals without undue waste of energy.
Though self-affirming and independent-minded, he nonetheless works well with others and inspires confidence by virtue of subtlety and disciplined high standards, not noisy self-assertion, which he would regard as in questionable taste.
Socially he is adaptable and diplomatic with a perceptive understanding of others. He is perhaps less easy revealing his own personal emotions, so that in some sense it is through his profession that he more freely expresses himself.