[ Oval House] director, Peter Oliver, gave you the right to fail. He had a philosophy that came from Winston Churchill that you go from failure to failure with enthusiasm. So Peter gave us a go and that's how Ray [Hassett] and I ended up starting Sal's Meat Market at the Oval House.

From what I can see, too many kids don't learn pride in their country anymore.

I look at the calendar. If it's a nice place, I go, like I did in London when it came to choosing to do a film. I always choose the best locations. New Orleans. That's fun. I'm available. Let's go.

[At Conventions] they give me all the photos to sign. Star Wars, Superman. And Hammy the Pig is right up there.

It appalls me that the people who decide what Americans will be watching on the tube have never been to the United States. Not the real United States.

On my visits back home, if they saw that I was getting a big head, they'd let me know right away.

So many people aren't ready for Hollywood - professionally or practically.