Funny things happen to you in movies for silly reasons.

I just love to go home, no matter where I am, the most luxurious hotel suite in the world, I love to go home.

Obsession is a young man's game, and my only excuse is that I never grew old.

I usually control the environment I'm in, but my control is very quiet and subtle.

I think what is British about me is my feelings and awareness of others and their situations. English people are always known to be well mannered and cold but we are not cold - we don't interfere in your situation. If we are heartbroken, we don't scream in your face with tears - we go home and cry on our own.

My problem was that I was blond. There were no heroes with blond hair. Robert Taylor and Henry Fonda, they all had dark hair. The only one I found was Van Johnson, who wasn't too cool. He was a nice, homely American boy. So I created my own image. It worked.

The standing ovation threw me. ... To be held in such regard in a town so full of talent is quite something.