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.

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*.

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.

If you can't do something willingly and joyfully, then don't do it.

You talk about auteur de cinema having things in their heads and putting them all across, can you imagine Shakespeare writing screenplays?

I put steam on the table by being an actor. That is how I live. The longer I live, the more expensive it becomes. So I do my work. And I can't be immensely picky. How many beautiful scripts come in one's lifetime? I have had more than anybody, practically.