Growing up, there was only classical music on BBC Radio. We had to listen to the American Forces Network in Germany, which played pop songs, or the pirate radio boats off the coast.

In my day, the drug was alcohol and the weapon was a fist, so it was very sort of innocent and primitive. Now you've got drugs, guns, and knives, which are so lethal.

I've never been out with a married woman, never. I respect others' properties.

In my early days, I didn't know what a good film or a bad film was, and I was trying to make some money. As it happens I was lucky. I made some good films.

It’s a lesson in life—don’t look back, you’ll trip over.

I don't like getting up early in the morning and learning all that stuff. I work with offers that I can't refuse.

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