For me, the performance was always playing different people. And so when I got older, was no longer the romantic leading movie star, it became more and more interesting for me, the characters I played, you know?

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.

I'm not in the Lifetime Achievement area yet-I'm still battling it out in the trenches.

To be a movie star, you have to invent yourself.

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

I've always loved reprehensible people because they're so much more interesting to play on screen.

One of the main things about Cockney is, you speak at twice the speed as Americans. Americans speak very slow.