You must always steal, but only from the best people. Steal any trick that looks worthwhile. If you see Vivien Leigh or Robert DeNiro or Meryl Streep do something stunningly effective, and you can analyze how he or she did it, then pinch it. Because you can be sure that they stole it in the first place.

I have been rich and I have been poor. I know which one I prefer.

The Quiet American is anti the people who took them into the Vietnam War.

To me, growing old is great. It's the very best thing - considering the alternative.

The best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor for 20 years.

The trouble with women? Elbows.

I don't worry about the last shot or the next shot. I concentrate. Every shot gets a clean slate. And when a shot is over, I wipe it out absolutely. Tell a joke or something. If you worry about how you looked, how well you did, you'll go insane.