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.

I just work in order to improve myself as an actor which is what I've always done.

I just love to go home, no matter where I am, the most luxurious hotel suite in the world, I love to go home.

I won an Academy Award for 'The Cider House Rules,' playing an American.

Wherever I live, if there isn't a restaurant I want to go to of a certain type, then I open it. That's all. For selfish reasons.

I am often asked which of my films has come closest to my own ideal of performance, and I always answer, 'Educating Rita.'

I spent my entire time reading books and going to the cinema, just to escape.