I don't have any regrets because I'm very optimistic, and live each day as though it's the last.

I read books like mad, but I am careful to to let anything I read influence me.

You don't make any money when you're my age. The stars get it all. That's a lie, actually.

I have a knack of making villainous people a little bit sympathetic, a bit of fun on screen.

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

To me, 'Educating Rita' is the most perfect performance I could give of a character who was as far away from me as you could possibly get and of all the films I have ever been in, I think it may be the one I am most proud of.

Do I believe in God? Yes I do. When you've had a life like mine, you have to.