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

My wife, my daughters, even my grandchildren are funny. You've got to keep a sense of humor because anger destroys you.

If you really want to become an actor, but only providing that acting doesn't interfere with your golf game, political ambitions and your life, you don't want to become an actor. Not only is acting more than a part time job, it's more than a full time job. It's a full time obsession.

The trouble with women? Elbows.

I've always got to have one impossible dream on the back burner.

I don't have any regrets because I'm very optimistic, and live each day as though it's the last.

A lot of movie stars are not great actors; they're just very good-looking. And when they start to age and they don't have the looks any more, then it's over.