If you cannot say what you mean, your majesty, you will never mean what you say and a gentleman should always mean what he says.

I did quite enjoy the days when one went for a beer at one's local in Paris and woke up in Corsica.

Do you not know that King Kong the first was just three foot six inches tall? He only came up to Faye Wray's belly button! If God could do the tricks that we can do he'd be a happy man!

I wouldn't mind being a lord.

I'm a very physical actor. I use everything - toes, teeth, ears, everything. I don't simply mean physical in the sense of movement and vigour. I find myself remembering the shape of a scene by how I'm standing, what I'm doing.

Question: How do you know you're God? Answer: Simple. When I pray to him, I find I'm talking to myself.

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