I'm good at not laughing. It's not that I don't want to. I'm too old and experienced.

I've had lots of good career advice over the years. I've learned that you must always arrive knowing your lines, you must hit your marks, you must be punctual and cheerful and kind. I'm always irritated with young people who misbehave and young actors who are temperamental. I don't think there's any need for it.

I think early on it's important to put that at the back of your mind and make your own choices. Sometimes you do pick the same choices, just as a matter of course - not because someone else did it first, but because it was the best choice to make. But any actor worth his salt makes something their own.

I have no problem with my age. I've been acting for 50 years in Australia and everyone knows my age because I started at 15. So there was never any point in lying about it.

One of the things you learn at drama school is not to play the result, but just to play the moment.

I love getting presents. And awards. I'd do whatever they told me to do.

I think we're all capable of bad things but luckily most of us are able to curb ourselves.