There was a certain moment. I was about 61 - two, three or four, and I got a script. And I sent it back to the producer saying - "I don't wanna do it. The part's too small." And he sent it back to me, he said, "You shouldn't read the lover. You should read the father.

Obsession is a young man's game, and my only excuse is that I never grew old.

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

My mum never understood how much I earned. When I told her I earned a million pounds a film, she said, 'How much is that?'

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'm always slightly envious of people who become extremely rich without anyone knowing who the hell they are, like financiers.

Youre only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!