I've always had- how shall I say it? -the prize at the end. My whole life shows that.

I speak for those children who cannot speak for themselves, children who have absolutely nothing but their courage and their smiles, their wits and their dreams.

I have no illusions about my looks. I think my face is funny.

Is there anything more important than a child?

People associate me with a time when movies were pleasant, when women wore pretty dresses in films and you heard beautiful music. I always love it when people write me and and say 'I was having a rotten time, and I walked into a cinema and saw one of your movies, and it made such a difference.'

What would be awful would be to die and look back miserably - seeing only the bad things, the opportunities missed, or what could have been.

It always boils down to the same thing - not only receiving love, but desperately needing to give it.