I've always played very human sort of characters.

I was so poor for so long that I didn't use anything. I didn't drive cars, I didn't eat very much. So, I figured the world owed me a debt, so I've been eating very well and have had a very big car for a long time. But I still haven't caught up with my youth.

Alfie was the first time I was above the title; the first time I became a star in America.

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.

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

To disappear your complete self into a character is quite difficult. I've tried it 85 times, and I've succeeded two or three times.

There's quite a lot of bad stuff written about me. My wife even says a lot of bad stuff about me. But she is wonderful.