To me, 'Educating Rita' is the most perfect performance I could give of a character who was as far away from me as you could possibly get and of all the films I have ever been in, I think it may be the one I am most proud of.

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

You've got to be flexible. Directors do a massive amount of planning and homework, and if after all that your director decides to throw it all out of the window and shoot spontaneously, then you must follow his lead.

I wouldn't make an anti-American film. I'm one of the most pro-American foreigners I know. I love America and Americans.

I have never seen it (Jaws 4) but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built and it is terrific.

For all my education, accomplishments, and so called 'wisdom'... I can't fathom my own heart.

You're your first best audience, long before anybody else hears you. So don't be an easy audience. Keep asking for more.