I believe - though I may be wrong, because I'm no expert - that this war is about what most wars are about: hegemony, money, power and oil.

I don't like the fact that I have to get older so fast, but I like the fact that I'm aging so well.

Life is an occasion...rise to it.

The Academy Awards are obscene, dirty . . . no better than a beauty contest.

In terms of the stars, the only ones I cast were Billy Connolly and Pauline Collins. I was in Los Angeles working and a lot of this took place on the telephone. I'd met Maggie [Smith] once and I'd come back-stage, which I'm usually loathe to do because as an actor you don't want people coming back because you want to get home [laughs].

I envy people who can just look at a sunset. I wonder how you can shoot it. There is nothing more grotesque to me than a vacation.

Lightbulbs die, my sweet. I will depart.