There are loads of black actors.You can't say: I'm going to vote for him, he's not very good but he's black, [so] I'll vote for him. You've got to give a good performance.

In real life, I'm afraid of heights - and people who get moral convictions... Adolf Hitler in London.

Hey, I always say: if you want a quiet life, become a monk.

I never listened to the people who said I should give it up, which is the main advice I got.

I don't think human beings are bad. They're weak. And that's what makes 'em bad.

I sit waiting for things that I can't refuse.

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.