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

About Superman and Batman: the former is how America views itself, the latter, darker character is how the rest of the world views America.

The first thing I'll do if I want to look really crappy is, I don't wear any makeup at all.

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

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 am often asked which of my films has come closest to my own ideal of performance, and I always answer, 'Educating Rita.'

When I was a young actor I was in a lot of film doing one day work and two days' work, and they've included all those titles, which I don't even remember. I think I've played the lead in about 75 movies.