Every time an article is written about me or any of my contemporaries who's had the fortune and discipline to look good at a certain age, I am struck by the tone of astonishment, and the certainty that something is being done secretively to beat the devil.

I think, Larry, one of the things is I'm a very active person.

But I have had to give up certain things in my life. One is shopping. Two is lunch with the girls. Three is cocktail parties, and four is studying my lines.

I don't believe in dieting.

I loathe conflict, and I loathe not getting along well with people, so I always try very hard to be on the best terms with the people I work with.

I don't buy into you're on the slag heap when you're 40 or 50 or 60 or 70 or whatever.

The endless bonking was exhausting me.