In my day, the drug was alcohol and the weapon was a fist, so it was very sort of innocent and primitive. Now you've got drugs, guns, and knives, which are so lethal.

Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.

I'm very, very family oriented. I'm a big cook and a good connoisseur and I only drink very good red wines now.

If you put someone on screen long enough, they become the hero.

I've been on movies where I literally couldn't hear what the other actor was saying. It's very awkward.

In my early days, I didn't know what a good film or a bad film was, and I was trying to make some money. As it happens I was lucky. I made some good films.

You're your first best audience, long before anybody else hears you. So don't be an easy audience. Keep asking for more.