Richard Burton came from the same town as me, so I thought I'd follow my nose, and follow my luck. I think I've been very lucky.

Acting is just a process of relaxation, actually. Knowing the text so well and trusting that the instinct and the subconscious mind, whatever you want to call it, is going to take over.

I don't waste time being soft. I'm not cold, but I don't like being, wasting my time with-life's too short.

I've always been hopeless at everything when I was a kid. That's why I became an actor - 'cause I couldn't do anything else.

Getting old ain't for the faint of heart.

Israel means war and destruction and we Americans are behind this war and I am ashamed of being American.

Shakespeare's so bloody difficult, and I don't like failure. You can fail on film, but there's nobody actually there in the flesh to watch you failing.