I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.

England is a fairly envious little country and it's embodied in the press. They don't like anyone being more distinguished than they are.

I'm always meeting new people, and my list of friends seems to change quite a bit.

I can't tell you how scary it can be walking onto a movie and suddenly joining this family - it's like going to somebody else's Christmas dinner; everyone knows everyone and you're not quite sure what you're supposed to sit.

There are 3 basic differences between we British and you Americans. One, we speak English, and you don't. Two, when we have a "World Championship", we invite teams from other nations. Three, when you meet the British head of State, you only have to get down on one knee.

I think there are so many activities going on, like mountaineering. You know, you would pay good money not to have to do that, and yet there are people racing out who want to spend their spare time clambering up rocks.

English television from the Fifties to the Nineties was the least bad in the world, and now it's just as bad as it is anywhere.