You ask my advice about acting? Speak clearly, don't bump into the furniture and if you must have motivation, think of your pay packet on Friday.

Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade.

It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.

There's always something fishy about the French.

Mona Lisa looks as if she has just been sick, or is about to be.

I love criticism just so long as it's unqualified praise.

Work is much more fun than fun.

A perfect martini should be made by filling a glass with gin then waving it in the general direction of Italy.

For gin, in cruel sober truth, supplies the fuel for flaming youth.

Work hard, do the best you can, don't ever lose faith in yourself and take no notice of what other people say about you.

You will know you're old when you cease to be amazed.

Its very beautiful over there. I dont know where there is, but I believe its somewhere, and I hope its beautiful.

I play every game like it's my last game. All that matters is that you go out there and play every game as if it was your last.

Veganism gives us all the opportunity to say what we "stand for" in life- the ideal of healthy, humane living. Add decades to your life, with a clear conscience as a bonus.

If a nation wishes, it can have both free elections and slavery.

For us Indians, I don't think English can ever exude that magic of emotions which our mother tongue can.

The upside of being in the closet is that you develop skills of duplicity, which are great for big-time politicians.

One thing I love about making an ensemble film is that you can have ten people come away from it with ten different messages.

I think it's important that we have a new batch of British film-makers that aren't doing the same old stuff. And that includes me.

We cannot therefore say that mental acts contain a cognitive as well as a conative element.

The sky was the colour of sad weddings.