We're all far too afraid of being so arrogant to say "Either you can or you can't."

I thought ['Sailcloth'] was a terrific script. Elfar Adalsteins, the director, is bound to be a director we'll hear from, and the whole thing was really enjoyable.

With [Fred] Zinnemann I did A Man For All Seasons. He was my screen godfather. I'm happy to say he was.

I think it's interesting to see how things come into and go out of fashion.

I was keen on sports-that's how my nose got this way. It's not actually broken; the nose was just pushed up a little bit and moved over. It's an aquiline nose, quite Irish.

My springboard is always the script. Even if the script is taken from a novel, I often haven't read the novel...

I have lots of favourite memories but I can't say that I have a favourite film.