The standing ovation threw me. ... To be held in such regard in a town so full of talent is quite something.

I'm very, very family oriented. I'm a big cook and a good connoisseur and I only drink very good red wines now.

By the time the Oscars are on I'll be seventy. How many more chances am I going to have to get nominated for an Oscar?

I don't have to work. I suppose I should retire. But I enjoy working.

I've always got to have one impossible dream on the back burner.

I used to get the girl; now I get the part. In 'The Quiet American' you may have noticed I got the part and the girl. It's a milestone for me, because it's the last time I'm going to get the girl.

Use the difficulties - if you can't avoid them