I don't think human beings are bad. They're weak. And that's what makes 'em bad.

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

My problem was that I was blond. There were no heroes with blond hair. Robert Taylor and Henry Fonda, they all had dark hair. The only one I found was Van Johnson, who wasn't too cool. He was a nice, homely American boy. So I created my own image. It worked.

There are loads of black actors.You can't say: I'm going to vote for him, he's not very good but he's black, [so] I'll vote for him. You've got to give a good performance.

I just love to go home, no matter where I am, the most luxurious hotel suite in the world, I love to go home.

It's much harder to act in a bad film than in a good one. A terrible script makes for very difficult acting. You can win an Academy Award for some of the easiest acting in your career, made possible by a brilliant script.

I'm not a betting man, and even if I was, I certainly wouldn't bet on this! I would not bet on the Best Actor.