Marriage is forever. It's like cement..

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

Acting has been described as farting about in disguise..

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

What I like is bottomless flattery..

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

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..

If you can't do something willingly and joyfully, then don't do it. If you give up drinking, don't go moaning about it; go back on the bottle. Do. As….

My professional acting life, stage and screen, has brought me public support, emotional fulfillment and material comfort. It has brought me together ….

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

Where do I begin? I loved working with Kate Hepburn, which was one of the highlights of my life; Working with Richard Burton in Beckett was another g….

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..

It grieves us to produce work that is not perfect..

It's very inconvenient because every time I finish, let's say, a chapter of a book, I think I'm going to ring Richard and then realize: Oh, Christ, I….

The only thing I've ever been interested in teaching anyone in life is cricket..

I'm a working stiff, baby, just like everybody else..

Most difficult thing in the world, to write a play. Do you know the story of Shaw at the Fabian society? H.G. Welles said "I'm terribly sorry I've mi….

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

Always a bridesmaid never a bride my foot!.

No one can take Jesus away from me.... There's no doubt there was a historical figure of tremendous importance, with enormous notions. Such as peace..

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