'The best research [for playing a drunk] is being a British actor for 20 years.'

'Movie acting is about covering the machinery. Stage acting is about exposing the machinery. In cinema, you should think the actor is playing himself, if he's …

'First of all, I choose the great [roles], and if none of these come, I choose the mediocre ones, and if they don't come, I choose the ones that pay the rent.'

'I used to get the girl; now I get the part. In 'The Quiet American' you may have noticed I got the part and the girl. It's a milestone for me, because it's th…

I must say that acting was good training for the political life that lay ahead of us.

Acting is one of the lesser skills man can possess. Honestly, Shirley Temple was doing it when she was four years old!

I am obviously different from people in the past. I am, obviously, older and I have been in the music business for a little while as an actor, a singer and wha…