I remember coming to New York, in 1974 to do a play here called Equis. And I remember the first morning getting up and walking around the streets and I thought, "I'm home." I felt really at peace here.

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.

Hitchcock was such a master of putting on screen things that made you uneasy. Somebody once asked him what frightened him most, and he said the police. He came from a poor background. I think he understood those fears.

I'm the slowest driver in the world.

I like the good life too much, I'm not good at going on stage night after night and on wet Wednesday afternoons.

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

I have no interest in Shakespeare and all that British nonsense... I just wanted to get famous and all the rest is hogwash.