I don't mind playing absolute bastards... I just don't want to play the grouch.

I try to read everything that's sent me - play scripts, movie scripts - but I've had to make a rule. If the author hasn't grabbed me by Page 25, the piece goes back with a note of apology.

I don't mind playing absolute bastards... I just don't want to play the grouch.

The whole business of marshaling ones energies becomes more and more important as one grows older.

To go on being an actor, you need sheer animal energy. If you can't restock your energy, you have to hide your lack of it.

I'm a taskmaster. I was brought up that way, and I'm sure I imposed that on my kids.

I fill my life with a lot of 'busyness' in between jobs. Then I work very hard. Some of it is quite unhealthy. It's compulsive. I don't know what to do about it. I'm a little old to change.