Youre only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!

I'll always be there because I'm a skilled professional actor. Whether or not I've any talent is beside the point.

We should vote for the welfare of the country, not for the welfare of the party.

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

I heard my first laughter on stage, when I was about 10 years old. It was gold pantomime and I remember I was playing Baron Fitznoodle, who was the father of the ugly sisters in "Cinderella." And I walked on and got a great big laugh and I thought that was fantastic, until I looked down and found that my flies were open. And so I always check my flies. I even check my flies on radio.

I spent my life in the library reading books.

Someone said to me the other day: "Well, you're eventually going to live until 110." And I said: "Well, who's going to keep me? What age do I retire? 100?" How are you going to live all those years and who is going to keep you doing it? I have a couple of grandchildren now so I'm banking on them.