Where do I begin? I loved working with Kate Hepburn, which was one of the highlights of my life; Working with Richard Burton in Beckett was another great joy.

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

If man ever comes to perfect equilibrium with the environment, we'll all be redundant, perhaps because you won't need art or letters.

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

The common denominator of all my friends is that they're dead.

I loved doing My Favorite Year, which was great fun, and The Ruling Class, which I made with all my chums.

I'm not working-class: I come from the criminal classes.