No expectations. Ask nothing, expect nothing and accept everything, and life is very well.

It's very difficult to liberate yourself from what you've learned. You know it's almost impossible because you learn in order to survive.

I'm fascinated by the fact that we can't grasp anything about time.

I'm married. My wife, Stella - a beautiful woman. She's brought a lot of peace to my life, a lot of wisdom.

Acting's entertainment. It's not brain surgery.

What a glorious night. Every face I see is a memory. It may not be a perfectly perfect memory. Sometimes we had our ups and downs. But we're all together and you're mine for a night. And I'm going to break precedent and tell you my one-candle wish...that you would have a life as lucky as mine, where you can wake up one morning and say, 'I don't want anything more'. Sixty-five years. Don't they go by in a blink?

The knighthood was a tremendous honour, I don't dismiss it. But I feel embarrassed by the flowery, theatrical stuff that goes with being an actor.