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

For Cider House Rules, I was doing a New England accent.

Since I was 19, I've had the most fun possible every single day, even when I had a rough life. It was the army which taught me about life, and the theater which taught me how good it could be.

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.

Anyone can write. But comedy, you've got to do some writing. You get one comedy script to every 20 dramas.

I had been in that part of the world as a soldier in Korea, so I had been interested in Vietnam.

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