Presenting the Oscars was the most nerve-racking job I have ever done in show business. It's very much a live show: they have comedy writers waiting in the wings, and as you come off between presentations, they hand you an appropriate gag to tell.

Not only is acting more than a part-time job, it's more than a full-time job. It's a full-time obsession.

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

The best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor for 20 years.

To disappear your complete self into a character is quite difficult. I've tried it 85 times, and I've succeeded two or three times.

A man's body may grow old, but inside his spirit can still be as young and as restless as ever.

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.