A person who is keen to shake your hand usually has something up his sleeve.

Essentially, I'm a small-part actor who's been lucky enough to play leading roles for most of his life.

I never knew how good it is to be unknown until now. The last time I was unknown I was too busy trying to become known to realize the advantages of obscurity.

A superb tenor voice, like a silver trumpet muffled in silk.

Best performance of the year: Aston Villa v. Milan, September 1994

An actor is at his best a kind of unfrocked priest who, for an hour or two, can call on heaven and hell to mesmerize a group of innocents.

I don't know what else I could do but pretend to be an actor.