I don't watch any films. Billy Elliot is the only film I've seen in the last 25 years. Oh, and ET. Both of which I loved!

Women know when they've got the menopause but men don't quite know. They know it afterwards.

People don't have to be beautiful any more. We don't have any Audrey Hepburns, Rita Hayworths or Ava Gardeners. When you look at Al Pacino and the greatest actors in Hollywood they're all common-looking.

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

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

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.

My philosophy is that when I go out of my room, I'm prepared to love everybody I meet, unless they're bad.