Beyonce's lovely.

Anyone can write. But comedy, you've got to do some writing. You get one comedy script to every 20 dramas.

Alfie was the first time I was above the title; the first time I became a star in America.

If you're a movie actor, you're on your own-you cannot control the stage. The director controls it.

Comedy is underrepresented in every actor's life, because it's so bloody difficult to write.

By the time the Oscars are on I'll be seventy. How many more chances am I going to have to get nominated for an Oscar?

At 69, I got the girl! And it wasn't a 68-year-old girl, either.

A lot of my best parts I've been the second choice for, so you never get too egotistical about anything.

There's quite a lot of bad stuff written about me. My wife even says a lot of bad stuff about me. But she is wonderful.