I feel cheated never being able to know what it's like to get pregnant, carry a child and breast-feed.

The truth is, I've made about 30 movies in 30 years, and I've been criticized for 30 years for not making more movies.

Life stinks, but that doesn't mean you don't enjoy it.

It's true what they say about failure. You don't learn from success.

I hope to God I don't win an Oscar tomorrow night. It would really depress me if I did. I really don't deserve it. It wasn't that important a part anyhow.

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].

Somehow I think it was declared very early on that I was the - if not the black sheep of the family, not a very good student.