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

When I'm doing an accent, you shouldn't notice it for a while, if I'm doing it right.

Just because I have made a point of never losing my accent it doesn't mean I'm an eel-and-pie yob.

Books were my window on the world. Growing up at the Elephant and Castle, which was very rough, my paradise was the library.

To be a movie star, you have to carry a movie. And to carry a movie where you play the title role is the supreme example.

I've always played very human sort of characters.

I admired Marlon Brando as I grew up. I though he was one of the finest screen actors around.