In Britain, any degree of success is met with envy and resentment.

I think that - apart from the fields of science and medicine - we live in an age of decline. Look at the world. There is decline in morals, ideals, manners, respect, truthfulness: just about everything, in fact.

I haven't spent my entire career playing the guy in the bad hat, although I have to say that the bad guy is frequently much more interesting than the good guy.

Comedy is the most difficult thing to do. Easily the most difficult.

Someone asked me yesterday if Dracula met Saruman and there was a fight, who would win. I just looked at this man. What an idiotic thing to say. I mean, really, it was half-witted.

Peter Jackson's instincts are extraordinary, as is his stamina.

People should not pass judgment until they have seen the film.