When I was 6 my father went to fight in the war, so he was my big hero. I thought he was the greatest thing.

Theater acting is an operation with a scalpel, movie acting is an operation with a laser

I never regret anything. I always said that when I'm old, I want to be sitting there regretting the things that I did and not the things that I didn't do; and now I'm old, and I don't regret anything! I had fun. I had fun, and I'm still having it.

Use the difficulties - if you can't avoid them

I think I have the secret of a successful L.A. restaurant, especially now that so many Europeans live there. You have to have a place where they can see out the windows, see the world passing by. Europeans fancy that.

I'm not a betting man, and even if I was, I certainly wouldn't bet on this! I would not bet on the Best Actor.

I've never taken drugs - if you take a drug of your choice, you get some ecstatic feeling.