The radio even weren't allowed to say there was a Holocaust and people were being killed right, left and center in these terrible camps.

Accomplishment is such a patronizing, dangerous word, isn't it? I haven't really accomplished anything. The most accomplished thing I've done is to have lived this long - 81.

The strange thing about the English character is that they understate everything. It's considered bad form to comment on the food, money, romance, any of those things. So you underplay it.

The only danger about websites, you know, is people who remember something you did or said thirty or forty years ago, and bring it up against you, so you're going for a job and you don't get it.

So I find the fascination, the love, the incredible skill and everything to do with acting, writing plays, and doing them, just darling. Lovely. I love actors.

I was producing a series about Sir Winston Churchill, about which I was extremely proud, and earning a lot of money as a producer.

I like most of the Humphrey Bogart movies because they had to act then, and they acted very well. Edward G. Robinson is probably the best actor I've ever seen on the movies.

Television has some lovely aspects to it - and some ghastly aspects - but the theater itself was a wonderful invention.

And there was a very famous man called Michael Powell, who probably is the greatest director all round, except possibly a couple of men.

Well, you know, I was through the whole of the Second World War and saw all my friends killed.

I went to acting school, but only for nine months. If you're an actor, you know, don't really need to learn how to do it.

Love requires commitment, flexibility, transparency and loyalty. Happy Valentines Day 2017.

There is no greater force for change than people inspired to live a better life.

When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

The peace of great books be for you, Stains of pressed clover leaves on pages, Bleach of the light of years held in leather.

Leadership is defined not by the position you hold but by the people who follow you.

I was disappointed, but I kind of knew it was going to be an uphill struggle because of how strong the first season [of "True Detective"] was.

Ah, well. Life's too short for moderation, wouldn't you say?

The age I'm at now... you go from being a young girl to suddenly, you blossom into a woman. You ripen, you know? And then you start to rot!

a fully belly is little worth where the mind is starved.

Pride goeth before the fall....but you've already fallen, haven't you?