If the critics were always right we should be in deep trouble.

I don’t work. I merely inflict myself on the public.

I have little patience with anyone who is not self-satisfied. I am always pleased to see my friends, happy to be with my wife and family, but the high spot of every day is when I first catch a glimpse of myself in the shaving mirror.

Show me the man who has enjoyed his schooldays and I will show you a bully and a bore.

It is a great help for a man to be in love with himself. For an actor, however, it is absolutely essential.

We are articulate, but we are not particularly conversational. An Englishman won't talk for the sake of talking. He doesn't mind silence. But after the silence, he sometimes says something.

Most owners are at length able to teach themselves to obey their dog.