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

First of all, I choose the great roles, and if none of these come, I choose the mediocre ones, and if they don't come, I choose the ones that pay the rent.

I'm not a betting man, and even if I was, I certainly wouldn't bet on this! I would not bet on the Best Actor.

I can never be the hero now. You have to be young and all that stuff. I used to be the hero.

If you held a pistol at my head, I couldn't tell you who they're going to vote for Best Actor.

I've done a lot of radio in my life. I've done radio plays for the BBC when I was young so I was absolutely used to that style of work, of working with the voice. I have a very distinctive voice so it's always great for me because I open my mouth and everybody knows who it is.

Nobody did a campaign for me. I was nominated out of the blue and won out of the blue. So that was it.