I'm not working-class: I come from the criminal classes..

It's my job, it's what I do, it's what I'm on earth to do and it's who I am..

The only exercise I take is walking behind the coffins of friends who took exercise..

When I work with young people, I grab energy from them by the handsful..

I woke up one morning to find I was famous. I bought a white Rolls-Royce and drove down Sunset Boulevard, wearing dark specs and a white suit, waving….

Pope Paul III was the greatest thief in the history of the church..

When my father would come home from the track after a good day, the whole room would light up; it was fairyland. But when he lost, it was black. In o….

It is time for me to chuck in the sponge. To retire from films and stage. The heart for it has gone out of me: it won't come back..

I'm a very physical actor. I use everything - toes, teeth, ears, everything. I don't simply mean physical in the sense of movement and vigour. I find….

I can't tell you about acting. You can develop all the skills, voice, gesture, movement, you can develop by exercise and practice but finally fundame….

We were in the Arabian Desert for nine months. And I was having the time of my life. It could have been an archeological expedition, a military exped….

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

I wish to hazard my soul to opportunity..

If man ever comes to perfect equilibrium with the environment, we'll all be redundant, perhaps because you won't need art or letters..

Films were never in my budget. Didn't occur to me till much later. I hoped for a long, good life, which I've had and I'm having as an actor. I didn't….

I became a professional cricket teacher about 20 years ago. I had a son born to me when I was 50, and I thought, he needs someone to bowl to him..

Irish women are always carrying water on their heads, and always carrying their husbands home from pubs. Such things are the greatest posture-builder….

What I like is bottomless flattery..

I can't stand light. I hate weather. My idea of heaven is moving from one smoke-filled room to another..

The moment you start dividing thought and feeling, the ratio of sinitive from the intuitive, you're dead. There is no difference between emotion and ….

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