Every magic trick consists of three parts, or acts. The first part is called the Pledge. The magician shows you something ordinary. The second act is called the Turn. The magician takes the ordinary something and makes it into something extraordinary. But you wouldn't clap yet, because making something disappear isn't enough. You have to bring it back.

I don't see myself as anything. I just wander around getting on with my life.

Just because I have made a point of never losing my accent it doesn't mean I'm an eel-and-pie yob.

If you're a leading actor you don't work with another actor. You work with a lady.

You don't sacrifice your individuality; you sacrifice a lot of freedom.

The old guys like me started in the theatre. I was in the theatre for nine years.

Alfie was the first time I was above the title; the first time I became a star in America.