Acting is the best job in the world. Look at the way they treat you when you turn up for work. They give you breakfast and a cup of tea and ask, 'Are you all right' They tart up your face, you say somebody else's words, then pick up your check and go home. And you get days off. I tell you, it really is the way to live.

Quantum physics is a bit of a passion of mine. It's extraordinary. There's a branch of mathematics that is based on lunacy, and that's wonderful.

I realised one day that men are emotional cripples. We cant express ourselves emotionally, we can only do it with anger and humour. Emotional stability and expression comes from women.

Actors are just entertainers, even the serious ones. That's all an actor is. He's like a serious Bruce Forsyth.

I'm very romantic. I've emptied flower shops.

I've played so many historical characters because most horrible dictators are short, fat, middle-aged men.

I am fairly rich. Money's very handy, let's face it.