For all my education, accomplishments, and so called 'wisdom'... I can't fathom my own heart.

Be patient.Of course it will come. It took me years to get an Oscar.

You must always steal, but only from the best people. Steal any trick that looks worthwhile. If you see Vivien Leigh or Robert DeNiro or Meryl Streep do something stunningly effective, and you can analyze how he or she did it, then pinch it. Because you can be sure that they stole it in the first place.

I wouldn't make an anti-American film. I'm one of the most pro-American foreigners I know. I love America and Americans.

If you think you're going to be up for an Oscar, you schedule your moviemaking.

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.

One of the main things about Cockney is, you speak at twice the speed as Americans. Americans speak very slow.