It's very inconvenient because every time I finish, let's say, a chapter of a book, I think I'm going to ring Richard and then realize: Oh, Christ, I've buried him. I buried him last year.

The only thing I've ever been interested in teaching anyone in life is cricket.

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

It is time for me to chuck in the sponge. To retire from films and stage. The heart for it has gone out of me: it won't come back.

I'm the most gregarious of men and love good company, but never less alone when alone.

It distresses us to return work which is not perfect.

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.