Alfie was the first time I was above the title; the first time I became a star in America.

I come from the slums; I come from a hard background; I come from a poor family; and I was a soldier.

Nobody did a campaign for me. I was nominated out of the blue and won out of the blue. So that was it.

In my day, the drug was alcohol and the weapon was a fist, so it was very sort of innocent and primitive. Now you've got drugs, guns, and knives, which are so lethal.

I wear a baseball cap all the time, which I would never normally wear, and I walk very fast.

In my early days, I didn't know what a good film or a bad film was, and I was trying to make some money. As it happens I was lucky. I made some good films.

I spent my life in the library reading books.