It's such a relief for me to sit in front of a tape recorder and not be using it to learn my lines.

I set my star so high that I would constantly be in motion toward it.

You don't have to become something you're not to be better than you were.

My own favorite is something called Rogue Male.

I don't go for this auto-cannibalism. Very damaging.

I tell my children to avoid theatre and go into cinema and TV.

I wish to hazard my soul to opportunity.

There is a legend. And to protest is daft.

If I'm not at my study by 10:00, 10:30, forget it, I can't write a word.

The common denominator of all my friends is that they're dead.

I can't stand light. I hate weather.

I loved doing My Favorite Year, which was great fun, and The Ruling Class, which I made with all my chums.

Actors have to stay optimistic. The moment we start thinking otherwise, we're dead.

If you do not surrender, I shall be forced to shoot you through the head with a rather large bullet.

I wouldn't mind being a lord.

I love working with young people, which is to me a big kick.

I'm the most gregarious of men and love good company, but never less alone when alone.

Life turned out much better than I thought. I knew after a little while that I could act.

It was around 1985 before I heard the news of President Kennedy's assassination.