My idea of a holiday was following my family up the hill with my pekinese, who would skip over the heather in front of me.

There are lots of women and lots of men in the business that the powers that be decide are the right people and they'll stand with them for quite a long time.

To give and not expect anything in return, that is what lies at the heart of love.

In Burton's day they [soldiers] were itching to get into the fray. Now it is the opposite. They are always whining about the dangers of being killed. Oh my God, they are such wimps now! The whole point of being in the Army is wanting to get killed, wanting to test yourself to the limits. Now you have to fly 15,000ft above the war zone to avoid getting hit. I don't think there is any point in having wars if that's how you're going to behave. It's pathetic. All this whining!

What's happened to humour? We're becoming American. Everyone gets so angry over everything.

I don't accept my business the way it is, to be honest. I don't like what it's become. I don't blame anyone for it becoming the way it has. It's got its own hideous natural progression, just like world events.

There'll be a black lesbian in the White House before I'm James Bond.