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

Acting is not a competition; everything must be done for the good of the film or else everybody loses.

Maybe it's time we all stop trying to outsmart the truth and let it have its day.

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

A lot of people said, Who do you think you are? I told them I know exactly who I am and I'll tell you exactly where I'm going.

I don't meet stockbrokers or carpenters or coal miners; I spend all day with actors, composers and photographers.

You start pretending to have fun, you might have a little by accident.