What is so weird is that young people who want to be 'celebrities' do not want to put in the hard work. They don't want to do the training, go to drama school, read Shakespeare, try different accents and study technique. They just want to be famous. It is not just in England; it's the same in America and all over Europe.

I think dieting is bad for you.

No, that's what I think God does to you. He gives you some great gig in which you make a whole heap of money, and you're just on top of the world and on every magazine cover, but your personal life is miserable. And for most of that time, I have to say, my personal life was pretty miserable.

I received an OBE from the Queen, which probably doesn't mean anything in America but is quite nice in England - the Order of the British Empire for services to drama.

Making each day a mini lifetime - to achieve something and to enjoy something.

Only fine cigars are worth smoking and only men who smoke fine cigars are worth kissing.

The body is like a car: the older you become the more care you have to take care of it - and you don't leave a Ferrari out in the sun.