There are lots of wonderful old Italian actors. You don't need to take an Egyptian to play an Italian actor.

Working gets in the way of living.

I want to live every moment totally and intensely. Even when I'm giving an interview or talking to people, that's all that I'm thinking about.

Women know when they've got the menopause but men don't quite know. They know it afterwards.

I'm very wary about giving advice. I think it's very dangerous to give advice to people, except if you know them very well.

I had too many big passions in life and it gets in the way of work. You can't concentrate properly on the one thing.

My philosophy is that when I go out of my room, I'm prepared to love everybody I meet, unless they're bad.

They chose me for Lawrence of Arabia because I spoke English, had black hair, black eyes and a moustache. It was all luck.

I've always been extremely lucky in my life.

For some men, nothing is Written unless they Write it.

I can't say I gave up totally my passion for women but almost.

True love is an act of the will—a conscious decision to do what is best for the other person instead of ourselves.

(Sometimes it seems that haters are just fans who are in denial.)

In every aspect of my life, I tend to look for the deeper side.

The only atheism is the denial of truth.

If you stand back and analyze the best way to do something, you'll be standing there forever. Follow your gut and jump right in!

What I'm going for with the string arrangements for my Antarctic symphony is a pun here.

Scotland cannot be the only 'something for nothing' country in the world.

When it comes to the environment, the invisible hand never picks up the check.

Characters are an extreme form in Shakespeare's theater.

If God only used perfect people, He would have no one to use.