I had too many big passions in life and it gets in the way of work. You can't concentrate properly on the one thing.

Working gets in the way of living.

I love to be with my son and my grandchildren, like normal people. I have no particular idea of what I represent to other people. It's very mysterious to me. I don't understand it.

I'm very wary about giving advice. I think it's very dangerous to give advice to people, except if you know them very well.

They chose me for Lawrence of Arabia because I spoke English, had black hair, black eyes and a moustache. It was all luck.

There are lots of wonderful old Italian actors. You don't need to take an Egyptian to play an Italian actor.

They didn't accept me theory - not a theory, but just a thought I had about this character. I noticed that this man only exists when the boy comes into the grocery.