I find it rather tedious working with some actors who have to go into a corner and bounce up and down, shake their hands and arms, saying to the director, "Just a second - I'll be ready in a few minutes, " while all the other actors are waiting around to get in. Then they say, "OK! I'm ready now." And then they come on and do it exactly the same way they've done it in rehearsal.

Seems like we always spend the best part of our time just saying goodbye.

Acting is fun. It's not my whole life. It's not my entire being. It's secondary to my life. My life is primary. I'm running in the primary, as you know.

The most sensible thing to do to people you hate is to drink their brandy.

I prefer rugby to soccer. I enjoy the violence in rugby, except when they start biting each other's ears off.

Everything makes me nervous - except making films.

I adore wearing gems, but not because they are mine. You can't possess radiance, you can only admire it.