If we destroy the biosphere, then mankind will die. We all waste our time worrying about stupid wars and petty jealousy and greed, and all the time, we're sitting on a time bomb.

For me, making the show work was getting belly laughs - like most variety artists. But the straight actor believes you fix your performance in rehearsal and that's it.

Now I can see I was at fault for not being more considerate, but when we were doing the show I didn't think it was my job to be considerate to other people.

Working on a film, you don't get time to develop rivalries, but the theatre is like a little village, and the differences between me, Lionel and Georgia grew.

My portrayal of Fagin was all to do with my experience in comedy and revue.

My training was that you fill in the canvas where it needs colour and polishing. You start with the words on the first night and keep adding bits of business.

Ive no regrets. You take responsibility for your actions.

I'd wanted to be an actor from the age of five.

Playing Fagin in the play and film was a small miracle.

…while men and women perished, and cities fell, symbols endured, grew. Symbols were immortal.

If you don't take the chance to live life, what can you say at the end of it?

Justice is a commodity which in a more or less adulterated condition the State sells to the citizen as a reward for his allegiance, taxes and personal service.

The world is a heartbreaking place, without any question.

Barry Bonds in the news. Yesterday Barry Bonds' agent said that Bonds could hit as many as 1,000 home runs. And the agent admitted he's on more drugs than Barry Bonds.

Those are brave men," he told Ser Balon in admiration. "Let's go kill them.

Pubic hair is proof of sexual maturity and if your partner finds that a turn-off, you should probably reconsider that partner.

What I found was an emotional consistency with him. The words, the scenes, the situations - I wasn't mimicking what I thought Branch Rickey's emotional reality would have been.

Literature begins with the possible model of experience, and what it produces is the literary model we call the classic.

Also remember that in any man's dark hour, a pat on the back and an earnest handclasp may work a small miracle.