The good parts are the people who don't make do. They're the interesting people. Lear doesn't make do.

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

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

I am human, all too bloody human.

There may be honor among thieves, but there's none in politicians.

We were doing it under the most extraordinary circumstances, but the first out of the tent in the morning would be David Lean. He said to me on the very first day of shooting, Pete, this is the beginning of a great adventure.

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.