I don't have a vast longing for the stage.

I visualized a lot of things happening to me, because I was a lonely kid because I didn't understand anything about school.

You have to be pretty tough to be an actor, and you have to be pretty certain what you want. You can't waffle through this business.

My life has been a kind of mystery to me. By all my logical, linear thinking I started out in school as a little boy, I didn't have a clue about anything. What they were talking about in school, couldn't play sports, couldn't learn, and I was bottom of the class.

People forget that Mozart wrote for commissions. There's a thing in psychology where they think if it's popular, it can't be serious.

I think the first British actor who really worked well in cinema was Albert Finney. He was a back-street Marlon Brando. He brought a great wittiness and power to the screen. The best actor we've had.

Keep low expectations and life gets pretty good.