The basic rule of human nature is that powerful people speak slowly and subservient people quickly - because if they don't speak fast enough, nobody will listen to them.

I don't want to sound like Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells, but I do think there should be some sort of national service for young men.

I don't like getting up early in the morning and learning all that stuff. I work with offers that I can't refuse.

I don't worry about the last shot or the next shot. I concentrate. Every shot gets a clean slate. And when a shot is over, I wipe it out absolutely. Tell a joke or something. If you worry about how you looked, how well you did, you'll go insane.

I've had such a great time, I'd like to come back as me - and do it all over again.

By the time the Oscars are on I'll be seventy. How many more chances am I going to have to get nominated for an Oscar?

I don't think you retire from movies; movies retire you.