A lot of movie stars are not great actors; they're just very good-looking. And when they start to age and they don't have the looks any more, then it's over.

I didn't want to come in the movie every so often, every 20 minutes saying, 'Dinner is served, would you like coffee?'

My own mentality is that I've retired. They send me these scripts and if I absolutely have to do it, then I go to work.

If you're a leading actor you don't work with another actor. You work with a lady.

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

Movie acting is about covering the machinery. Stage acting is about exposing the machinery. In cinema, you should think the actor is playing himself, if he's that good. It looks very easy. It should. But it's not, I assure you.

One of the great things with comedy is that there's no such thing as a mediocre comedy; it's either uproarious or crap. That's the problem.