I've always got to have one impossible dream on the back burner.

When I was a young actor I was in a lot of film doing one day work and two days' work, and they've included all those titles, which I don't even remember. I think I've played the lead in about 75 movies.

By the time the Oscars are on I'll be seventy. How many more chances am I going to have to get nominated for an Oscar?

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

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

In my opinion, everybody is getting older and older. We have a great deal of dementia because nobody grew old enough to get it.

I just try to play more and more difficult roles.