I'm a professional and I'll do anything - a poetry reading, television, cinema, anything that allows me to act.

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

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 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.

I can make the best French toast.

Actors have to stay optimistic. The moment we start thinking otherwise, we're dead.

I wish to hazard my soul to opportunity.