I've been too many places. I'm like the bad penny.

There's only two people in your life you should lie to... the police and your girlfriend.

People who speak in metaphors should shampoo my crotch.

My whole career strategy has been to build a base so that I could take the roles I want to play. I'd hate to think that a shorter part might not be available because I was worried about my billing.

I'm Irish. I think about death all the time.

Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world.

With my sunglasses on, I'm Jack Nicholson. Without them, I'm fat and 60.

The minute that you're not learning I believe you're dead.

Human beings are always going to find interesting ways of making a mess of their lives. It's human nature.

I don't think many people have a very good understanding of leisure and the importance it plays in our lives.

Men dominate because of physicality, and thus they have mercy where women do not.

I write flawed characters. Ones that do not always make the best decisions and are driven by ambition or lust. They are not black or white, they are in the large space that exists between.

Men are limited by the knowledge of their minds, the worth of their characters and the principles upon which they are building their lives.

I married a young Englishman in Cambridge in 1955 and have lived in Britain every since.

Different horses have different personalities. They're just like people.

It is better to be part of a great whole than to be the whole of a small part.

History is a tangled skein that one may take up at any point, and break when one has unravelled enough.

Bacon's on the way." He smiled. "Hey, they like you!" Wrath to Beth after the brother's bow to her.

Kings lose crowns but teachers stay intelligent

I really love things with melody.

I cannot remember a moment in my life when I have not felt the love of my family. We were a family that would have killed for each other - and we still are.