It’s a lesson in life—don’t look back, you’ll trip over.

Theater acting is an operation with a scalpel, movie acting is an operation with a laser

Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.

Funny things happen to you in movies for silly reasons.

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?

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

I never look back at all. All of my sentiment and emotion goes into my family. I'm an extremely family oriented person and I have a very, very happy family life. That doesn't just include blood relations. I have friends who are close to me.