When I arrived in America at the end of 1967, my only purpose was to observe (for a couple of months) my idols, which were mostly instrumentalists. I wanted to play jazz, not sing it.

…there was no more that I could do to make myself look better in that moment than smile and be kind…

But if they called everything divine which they do not understand, why, there would be no end of divine beings.

I have played so many romantic roles that I don't know if I am really a romantic in real life. I get confused about the real me.

Sometimes it's more important to be human, than to have good taste.

All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, until they take root in our personal experience.

I'm an actor - I want to be known for that.

I had great memories of growing up in a working class estate. I remember it being sunny all the time. So we're putting that on screen. It's not people wallowing in degradation.

Surround your marriage with people who pull you toward your spouse.

Most of my ideas belonged to other people who never bothered to develop them.

She said I bet you dont remember me And I said only every other memory.