The radio even weren't allowed to say there was a Holocaust and people were being killed right, left and center in these terrible camps.

Well, you know, I was through the whole of the Second World War and saw all my friends killed.

Accomplishment is such a patronizing, dangerous word, isn't it? I haven't really accomplished anything. The most accomplished thing I've done is to have lived this long - 81.

It doesn't work that way, you know, because most parts that you think you'd do well, most other people don't. So they offer you something - The Avengers is a good example... I fitted into that because I came from that sort of background. It's not even acting.

I was absolutely delighted that those shows have been preserved.

And there was a very famous man called Michael Powell, who probably is the greatest director all round, except possibly a couple of men.

I went to acting school, but only for nine months. If you're an actor, you know, don't really need to learn how to do it.