I spent my entire time reading books and going to the cinema, just to escape.

I prefer to remake flops. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was a remake of a flop, and The Quiet American is a remake of a flop.

I'm looking for me to disappear, and the acting to disappear, and all you see is a real person.

Great acting is about listening to what they are saying ....not waiting to deliver your lines.

The difference between a movie star and a movie actor is this - a movie star will say, 'How can I change the script to suit me?' and a movie actor will say. 'How can I change me to suit the script?'

I think it would be great for the Academy to recognize old age.

I was so poor for so long that I didn't use anything. I didn't drive cars, I didn't eat very much. So, I figured the world owed me a debt, so I've been eating very well and have had a very big car for a long time. But I still haven't caught up with my youth.