I don't have to work. I suppose I should retire. But I enjoy working.

I've made the transition from star to character actor and I'm thoroughly enjoying it.

I started with the firm conviction that when I came to the end, I wanted to be regretting the things that I had done, not the things I hadn't.

You don't make any money when you're my age. The stars get it all. That's a lie, actually.

I wouldn't make an anti-American film. I'm one of the most pro-American foreigners I know. I love America and Americans.

To me, 'Educating Rita' is the most perfect performance I could give of a character who was as far away from me as you could possibly get and of all the films I have ever been in, I think it may be the one I am most proud of.

Be patient.Of course it will come. It took me years to get an Oscar.