Always a bridesmaid never a bride my foot!

We all had such larks. Yes, it was hard work but the friendships and the genuine respect we had for one another, that side I shall miss greatly. I've stopped acting, but I don't think I've finished using my voice. I could, and probably will, record the whole of Shakespeare's sonnets. They live at the side of my bed and are my constant companions.

And maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.

I will not be an ordinary man, because I have a right to be extraordinary.

I have no intention of uttering my last words on the stage. Room service and a couple of depraved young women will do me quite nicely for an exit.

The good parts are the people who don't make do. They're the interesting people. Lear doesn't make do.

If you can't do something willingly and joyfully, then don't do it.