I've always played very human sort of characters.

Hey, I always say: if you want a quiet life, become a monk.

My most useful acting tip came from my pal John Wayne. Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much.

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

I've done a lot of radio in my life. I've done radio plays for the BBC when I was young so I was absolutely used to that style of work, of working with the voice. I have a very distinctive voice so it's always great for me because I open my mouth and everybody knows who it is.

I have enough money not to do pictures ever. I'm seventy years old. I don't want to get up at 6:30 in the morning and learn ten pages of dialogue to do with a bunch of creeps I don't like. It's gotta be fun for me.

When you reach the top, that's when the climb begins.