People are annoyed with the Chinese for not respecting more human rights. But with a population that size it's very difficult to have the same attitude to human rights.

I am an international citizen conceived in Russia, born in England, working in Hollywood, living in Switzerland, and touring the World.

Acting on television is like being asked by the captain to entertain the passengers while the ship goes down.

The stupidity of a stupid man is mercifully intimate and reticient, while the stupidity of an intellectual is cried from the rooftops.

Marriage is like a three-speed gearbox - affection, friendship, love. It is not advisable to crash your gears and go right through to love straightaway. You need to ease your way through. The basis of love is respect, and that needs to be learned from affection and friendship.

I imagine hell like this: Italian punctuality, German humour and English wine.

A diplomat these days is nothing but a head waiter who's allowed to sit down occasionally.