I need a challenge 'cause I don't get the girl anymore.

No matter what the reason, if you start to scream and shout, you look a fool, and you feel a fool, and you earn the disrespect of everyone.

I don't work very much, and I just sit here waiting for a script that I can't refuse - and I'm not talking about money.

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?'

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

My dialogue coach said to do a Texas accent, you lean on the next word, and that was the clue to me.

At 69, I got the girl! And it wasn't a 68-year-old girl, either.