Nobody did a campaign for me. I was nominated out of the blue and won out of the blue. So that was it.
The greatest luxury is not driving. I didn't own a car until I was 30, and that was a Rolls-Royce, so it was cheaper to insure a chauffeur. I never want to drive again. My mind is always on other things. I hate parking, and I'm very short-tempered and would get road rage, I'm sure.
I spent my life in the library reading books.
What it is is that comedy is underrepresented in every actor's life, because it's so bloody difficult to write. Anyone can write, and then you leave it to special effects to make it look good. But comedy, you've got to do some writing.
We should vote for the welfare of the country, not for the welfare of the party.
If you put someone on screen long enough, they become the hero.
Nobody's a criminal to himself. I never play a criminal like a bad person.
I'm not a betting man, and even if I was, I certainly wouldn't bet on this! I would not bet on the Best Actor.
I heard my first laughter on stage, when I was about 10 years old. It was gold pantomime and I remember I was playing Baron Fitznoodle, who was the father of the ugly sisters in "Cinderella." And I walked on and got a great big laugh and I thought that was fantastic, until I looked down and found that my flies were open. And so I always check my flies. I even check my flies on radio.
One of the great things with comedy is that there's no such thing as a mediocre comedy; it's either uproarious or crap. That's the problem.
And to Tom Cruise, for if you had won this, your asking price would have gone down so fast. Do you have any idea what supporting actors get paid? We get only one trailer, a small one, in the back.
I need a challenge 'cause I don't get the girl anymore.
We can only use British actors because everybody's got to talk exactly the same.
No matter what the reason, if you start to scream and shout, you look a fool, and you feel a fool, and you earn the disrespect of everyone.
Wherever I live, if there isn't a restaurant I want to go to of a certain type, then I open it. That's all. For selfish reasons.
I don't do it often, but I do cry. I also laugh a lot; people tell me I'm funny and I do like to laugh.
I had been in that part of the world as a soldier in Korea, so I had been interested in Vietnam.
You have to remember, I never became successful or wealthy till I was 30.
I sit waiting for things that I can't refuse.
I spent 30 years of my life not being wanted at all for films.
I want to stick around with the big boys. I don't want to be in the old folks home.
I'd never been in one of those great big blockbusters.
I'm doing the next Batman. I have to become obsessed about what is offered to me.
Ive read an awful lot of books, Ive read alot of awful books
I don't think you retire from movies; movies retire you.