I think what is British about me is my feelings and awareness of others and their situations. English people are always known to be well mannered and cold but we are not cold - we don't interfere in your situation. If we are heartbroken, we don't scream in your face with tears - we go home and cry on our own.

I learned about life before I went into the theater, which is why I've been so happy. I was a soldier.

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

To me, growing old is great. It's the very best thing - considering the alternative.

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

Nobody did a campaign for me. I was nominated out of the blue and won out of the blue. So that was it.

I think I have the secret of a successful L.A. restaurant, especially now that so many Europeans live there. You have to have a place where they can see out the windows, see the world passing by. Europeans fancy that.