When I walk out into the street or go to the toilet, I don't think of myself as being black. Of course, other people think of me as black when I walk into a pub. Obviously being black is a part of me.

I don't want to talk about nonsense because it doesn't help me.

I've got a feeling I'm leaving stardom behind, you know. I'm gradually becoming more of a filmmaker, acquiring a different kind of dignity from that which you achieve in acting. After all, I'm no matinee idol, and I'm getting older. I don't think I can be doing my kind of thing in the seventies; I want to be on more of the creative side of business.

I don't know why it (stardom) happened-but it's kinda nice. Maybe it's because I'm someone off the streets. Maybe people relate to me.

Sometimes you have to say goodbye to the things you know and hello to the things you dont.

When I believe in something, I fight like hell for it.

One of the things that make motorcycling so great is because it never fails to give you a feeling of freedom and adventure.