A lot of my best parts I've been the second choice for, so you never get too egotistical about anything.

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 just work in order to improve myself as an actor which is what I've always done.

My mum never understood how much I earned. When I told her I earned a million pounds a film, she said, 'How much is that?'

There was a certain moment. I was about 61 - two, three or four, and I got a script. And I sent it back to the producer saying - "I don't wanna do it. The part's too small." And he sent it back to me, he said, "You shouldn't read the lover. You should read the father.

Things are not quite what they seem always. Don't start me on class, otherwise you'll get a four-hour lecture.

I used to get the girl; now I get the part. In 'The Quiet American' you may have noticed I got the part and the girl. It's a milestone for me, because it's the last time I'm going to get the girl.