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

Acting has been described as farting about in disguise.

It's such a relief for me to sit in front of a tape recorder and not be using it to learn my lines.

Pope Paul III was the greatest thief in the history of the church.

One time in the late '50s, when Peter Finch, Laurence Harvey, and I were all offered the same movie role - the assumption being that we weren't friends - we marched up to producer Dino De Laurentiis's door and declared in unison, 'We don't think we're suitable for the part.'

Life turned out much better than I thought. I knew after a little while that I could act.

Not everyone can become a great artist; but a great artist *can* come from *anywhere*.