 Alfie was the first time I was above the title; the first time I became a star in America. |
| My own mentality is that I've retired. They send me these scripts and if I absolutely have to do it, then I go to work. |
| The first actor I ever saw was The Lone Ranger. I thought, That's what I want to do. |
| Oh, what a shock. My career must be slipping. This is the first time I've been available to pick up an award. |
| Comedy is underrepresented in every actor's life, because it's so bloody difficult to write. |
| Obsession is a young man's game, and my only excuse is that I never grew old. |
| When I'm doing an accent, you shouldn't notice it for a while, if I'm doing it right. |
| I'm a sort of boy next door. If that boy has a good scriptwriter. |
| If you're a movie actor, you're on your own - you cannot control the stage. The director controls it. |
| The best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor for 20 years. |
| I prefer to remake flops. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was a remake of a flop, and The Quiet American is a remake of a flop. |
| I started with the firm conviction that when I came to the end, I wanted to be regretting the things that I had done, not the things I hadn't. |
| For all my education, accomplishments, and so called 'wisdom'... I can't fathom my own heart. |
| I did everything. I ran my life exactly as I wanted to, all the time. I never listened to anybody. I'm pig-headed. |
| Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath. |
