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

The standing ovation threw me. ... To be held in such regard in a town so full of talent is quite something.

We should vote for the welfare of the country, not for the welfare of the party.

In film, other actors' performances really are not your concern. If the other actor isn't giving you what you want, act as though he were.

If someone is very upper-class, you have a stereotype of him which is probably true. If someone has a working-class accent, you have no idea who you're talking to.

My understanding of women goes only as far as the pleasures.

I'm the audience's representative on earth.