I must brave the interior of the most tawdry and literally trumpery tower of them all ... the Trump Taj Mahal. For taking the name of the priceless mausoleum of Agra, one of the beauties and wonders of the world, for that alone Donald Trump should be stripped naked and whipped with scorpions along the boardwalk.- It is as if a giant toad has raped a butterfly.

I do like being surprised by directors and producers and being offered parts I would never have considered, including parts that aren't necessarily obvious but which would test me.

Wine can be a better teacher than ink, and banter is often better than books

My first words, as I was being born [...] I looked up at my mother and said, 'that's the last time I'm going up one of those.

There's no doubt that I do have extremes of mood that are greater than just about anybody else I know.

A cousin of mine who was a casualty surgeon in Manhattan tells me that he and his colleagues had a one-word nickname for bikers: Donors. Rather chilling.

Talent is inborn, but technique is learned.