I grew up in Birmingham, where they made useful things and made them well.

Evaluate. Long experience had taught me to evaluate and assess. When the unexpected gets dumped on you, don’t waste time. Don’t figure out how or why it happened. Don’t recriminate. Don’t figure out whose fault it is. Don’t work out how to avoid the same mistake next time. All of that you do later. If you survive.

Don't be sad that roses have thorns. Be glad that thorns have Roses. Today's the day I worried about yesterday and it didn't happen.

The first day of the rest of my life.

Sometimes if you want to know for sure whether the stove is hot, the only way to find out is to touch it.

I'm not afraid of death. Death's afraid of me.

Most actors are small, anyway - at least compared to me.