At 69, I got the girl! And it wasn't a 68-year-old girl, either.

I am a great admirer of other actors, but I never compete with other actors. I always compete with what I did last, and I'm my own most vicious critic. So I'm always trying to do it better.

Maybe it's time we all stop trying to outsmart the truth and let it have its day.

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.

Movie acting is about covering the machinery. Stage acting is about exposing the machinery. In cinema, you should think the actor is playing himself, if he's that good. It looks very easy. It should. But it's not, I assure you.

I felt a tremendous sadness for men who can't deal with a woman of their own age.

We can only use British actors because everybody's got to talk exactly the same.