"My family wasn't troubled by much dysfunction. The most hotly contested issue was probably 'Who is going to have the …"

"Mel and I genuinely get on. It's like another marriage. He is very straightforward and never loses his rag. I run aro…"

"We need a corrective on who is a genuine artist. I'm an opportunist. I have no talent. That's true of 99 per cent of …"

"For me real peace is lying on a river bank in summer with a sprig of grass in my mouth. I have friends who jet off to…"

"Just like that!"

"I am delighted to be unveiling a statue which will commemorate not just one of my heroes, but one of the greatest com…"

"I would sooner play in a good British picture than in the majority of American pictures I have seen."

"Relatives cannot help you in the studios. You stand or fall by your own efforts. My father and I have only ever worke…"

"Acting is my highest form of intelligence, the time when I use the best part of my brain. I was always told, by my ma…"

"I'd tread very softly in that area. Very softly. I certainly wouldn't rush into anything again, and I'd have to have …"