If I work with a bad actor, my reaction is to immediately become worse than they are.

I'm forever testing myself. As a person and as an actor, I have no sense of competition.

Movie acting is about covering the machinery. Stage acting is about exposing the machinery. In cinema, you should think the actor is playing himself, if he's that good. It looks very easy. It should. But it's not, I assure you.

In the sixties, everyone you knew became famous. My flatmate was Terence Stamp. My barber was Vidal Sassoon. David Hockney did the menu in a restaurant I went to. I didn't know anyone unknown who didn't become famous.

Just because I have made a point of never losing my accent it doesn't mean I'm an eel-and-pie yob.

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

By the time the Oscars are on I'll be seventy. How many more chances am I going to have to get nominated for an Oscar?