Films were never in my budget. Didn't occur to me till much later. I hoped for a long, good life, which I've had and I'm having as an actor. I didn't expect the rest.

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

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

Booze is the most outrageous of drugs which is why I chose it.

I have no memories I'm prepared to share with you.

When my father would come home from the track after a good day, the whole room would light up; it was fairyland. But when he lost, it was black. In our house, it was always either a wake ... or a wedding.

Acting has been described as farting about in disguise.