He was the sort of bowler you couldn't get the ball off even when he'd been hit all round the field. This boy Chapple strikes me as having that sort of heart. It's the temperamental ones that get up my nose.
The confrontation with De Niro came in the foyer of London’s Savoy Hotel. I clearly got up his nose when I asked him about a report which disputed his status as a big box office draw.
I feel I must write to you concerning your interview with Tony MacMahon about Irish traditional music. I agree with a lot of what he said but one point he repeatedly made got up my nose.