I just don't believe in generalisations.

I have fits of melancholia when I watch the news, but we all do, don't we?

For most directors, the scriptwriter is about as welcome on set as a member of the Taliban.

Vulgarity is no substitute for wit.

If you're supposed to be a 'personality,' then you might as well have a personality.

My parents came from different backgrounds. My father's was grander than my mother's, so my mother had... to put up with the disapproval of my father's relations.

You see, in America, it's quite standard for an actor to sign, at the beginning of a series, for five or seven years. The maximum any British agent will allow you to have over an actor is three years.