If you're a leading actor you don't work with another actor. You work with a lady.

In the sixties, everyone you knew became famous. My flatmate was Terence Stamp. My barber was Vidal Sassoon. David Hockney did the menu in a restaurant I went to. I didn't know anyone unknown who didn't become famous.

Sometimes, in a part, everything comes together.

I'm not a betting man, and even if I was, I certainly wouldn't bet on this! I would not bet on the Best Actor.

If you're blond, as I am, and you have blond lashes, you have to wear mascara, otherwise you're invisible on stage.

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.

What it is is that comedy is underrepresented in every actor's life, because it's so bloody difficult to write. Anyone can write, and then you leave it to special effects to make it look good. But comedy, you've got to do some writing.