I'm always slightly envious of people who become extremely rich without anyone knowing who the hell they are, like financiers.

By the time the Oscars are on I'll be seventy. How many more chances am I going to have to get nominated for an Oscar?

As an actor, my attitude towards using of film versus digital is, if you have film, filmmakers have to cut eventually so you don't have to learn all that dialogue. With digital, they can just go on forever and it's a nightmare. So, I like film - nice short takes.

I didn't want to come in the movie every so often, every 20 minutes saying, 'Dinner is served, would you like coffee?'

I love the start of autumn when the trees in my garden change the colour of their leaves in one last dazzling display.

I've never been competitive with other actors. I've been competitive with myself and I'm my own worst critic, a terrible critic I am, and unless I get something right, I feel very unhappy.

I can never be the hero now. You have to be young and all that stuff. I used to be the hero.