I started with the firm conviction that when I came to the end, I wanted to be regretting the things that I had done, not the things I hadn't.

I was a repertory actor, which meant that I did a play every week. I was a different character every week; for a year, I was doing 40 or 50 characters.

If you really want to become an actor, but only providing that acting doesn't interfere with your golf game, political ambitions and your life, you don't want to become an actor. Not only is acting more than a part time job, it's more than a full time job. It's a full time obsession.

I don't want to be an English actor doing the greatest American accent you've ever heard. I want to be an American doing nothing.

The greatest luxury is not driving. I didn't own a car until I was 30, and that was a Rolls-Royce, so it was cheaper to insure a chauffeur. I never want to drive again. My mind is always on other things. I hate parking, and I'm very short-tempered and would get road rage, I'm sure.

I've made the transition from star to character actor and I'm thoroughly enjoying it.

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