Deep inside, I am desperate to do comedy.

I'm never bored, never ever bored. If I've got a day off I'll sit in a cafe and watch and observe. I'm a great observer.

A successful swindler has to be a great salesman even more than a great actor.

When I was 16, I made some little 35mm documentaries about the poor in London. I went round Notting Hill, which was a real slum in the 1950s, shooting film.

I don't really want people to see me. I'm not into stardom.

I love music, especially classical like Verdi; it's a great way to relax.

I am very traditional as a man. I am not modern and never have been. I think I was born 50 years of age and out of my time.

Although I'm a very emotional man, I just can't have blind faith, I have to find out for myself.

I was a typical teen growing up in the 1960s, when everybody was into gurus and meditation.

I became fascinated by the fact that people write to give away rather than write to be read. It's the difference between playwrights and novelists.

I'm really not interested in showing me or playing me. My gift as an actor, given to me, is to be able to become other people.

A boo is a lot louder than a cheer.

They spoke of small things at first, since it was best, when reattaching threads, to begin with the easiest knots.

He was king, if he didn’t have enemies he wasn’t doing it right.

Originally, the lyrics to "Girl" were really upbeat, and then it didn't work for me somehow. You need the dichotomy. If you're doing something happy and light, you need the shadows.

When we are out of sympathy with the young, then I think our work in this world is over

My objective in teaching my pupils is that they should be fitted for any kind of art.

No one shall deny me my own conclusions, nor my cat her reflective purr.

I do like the idea of pulling in different producers to get new perspectives. That's what I did with Vows and I feel it just gives variety and makes for a more exciting journey for the listener.

We're going to bring back God and the Bible and drive the gods of secular humanism right out of the public schools of America.

Let nothing disturb thee, let nothing affright thee. All things are passing. Patience obtains all things. He who has God has everything - God alone suffices.