I learned about life before I went into the theater, which is why I've been so happy. I was a soldier.

You can't get blase about something you haven't done yet.

But the whole point of the Sixties was that you had to take people as they were. If you came in with us you left your class, and colour, and religion behind, that was what the Sixties was all about.

My most useful acting tip came from my pal John Wayne. Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much.

I'm a sort of boy next door. If that boy has a good scriptwriter.

I wouldn't make an anti-American film. I'm one of the most pro-American foreigners I know. I love America and Americans.

A lot of my best parts I've been the second choice for, so you never get too egotistical about anything.