I tell my children to avoid theatre and go into cinema and TV.

I'm not an actor, I'm a movie star!!!

If I'm not at my study by 10:00, 10:30, forget it, I can't write a word.

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

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

When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly realized I was talking to myself.

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.