It's much harder to act in a bad film than in a good one. A terrible script makes for very difficult acting. You can win an Academy Award for some of the easiest acting in your career, made possible by a brilliant script.

Obsession is a young man's game, and my only excuse is that I never grew old.

In England, I was a Cockney actor. In America, I was an actor.

If you held a pistol at my head, I couldn't tell you who they're going to vote for Best Actor.

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

I've had such a great time, I'd like to come back as me - and do it all over again.

There are loads of black actors.You can't say: I'm going to vote for him, he's not very good but he's black, [so] I'll vote for him. You've got to give a good performance.