To me, growing old is great. It's the very best thing - considering the alternative.

Theater acting is an operation with a scalpel, movie acting is an operation with a laser

I am in so many movies that are on TV at 2:00 a.m. that people think I am dead.

In England, I was a Cockney actor. In America, I was an actor.

I am a great admirer of other actors, but I never compete with other actors. I always compete with what I did last, and I'm my own most vicious critic. So I'm always trying to do it better.

Be patient.Of course it will come. It took me years to get an Oscar.

You don't retire from the movies. The movies retire you.