In the sixties, everyone you knew became famous. My flatmate was Terence Stamp. My barber was Vidal Sassoon. David Hockney did the menu in a restaurant I went to. I didn't know anyone unknown who didn't become famous.

Presenting the Oscars was the most nerve-racking job I have ever done in show business. It's very much a live show: they have comedy writers waiting in the wings, and as you come off between presentations, they hand you an appropriate gag to tell.

I don't want to sound like Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells, but I do think there should be some sort of national service for young men.

If you held a pistol at my head, I couldn't tell you who they're going to vote for Best Actor.

As an actor, I'll play anything.

This is your life, Larry. Learn to enjoy what you've got.

You don't make any money when you're my age. The stars get it all. That's a lie, actually.