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" I started with the firm conviction that when I came to the end, I wanted to be regretting the things that I had done, not the things I hadn't. "

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" My most useful acting tip came from my pal John Wayne. Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much. "

" When I look in the mirror, I see someone who's happy with how he looks, because I was never one of the handsome Hollywood people. And I've had success as I've gotten older, because I'm able to play characters. I no longer get the girl, but I get the part. "

" I'm always slightly envious of people who become extremely rich without anyone knowing who the hell they are, like financiers. "

" I don't want to sound like Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells, but I do think there should be some sort of national service for young men. "

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

" I am often asked which of my films has come closest to my own ideal of performance, and I always answer, 'Educating Rita.' "

" For all my education, accomplishments, and so called 'wisdom'... I can't fathom my own heart. "

" Am I a car aficionado? No: for me, cars have always been just for transport. I didn't even know anyone who had a car until I was 14 or 15. "

" You can see all sorts of things in film acting if you know where to look and what to look for. One thing I often notice is that the actor is looking for his mark, the place where he has to stand to be in the right place in the shot. "

" The first actor I ever saw was The Lone Ranger. I thought, That's what I want to do. "

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

" I see myself as 38, but you don't notice it. "

" I admired Marlon Brando as I grew up. I though he was one of the finest screen actors around. "

" I think life has got to develop as you get older, and I don't want to be wandering along doing the same old thing. I want more out of life. "

" 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 that good. It looks very easy. It should. But it's not, I assure you. "

" Oh, what a shock. My career must be slipping. This is the first time I've been available to pick up an award. "

" I usually control the environment I'm in, but my control is very quiet and subtle. "

" I'm a frustrated stand-up comic. If you hand me a microphone and I get one laugh, then I'll go on for 20 minutes. "

" Books were my window on the world. Growing up at the Elephant and Castle, which was very rough, my paradise was the library. "

" When you're a movie star and you're young, you are always playing someone who's a better fighter, a better lover, a better everything than you. "

" I feel like 35. At 35 you're old enough to know something and young enough to look forward to what you can do with the knowledge. So I stayed at 35! "

" The three actors I admire the most are all dead. Humphrey Bogart, Spencer Tracy and the French actor, Jean Gabin. They're all very natural, sort of masculine without being overly macho. "

" I wouldn't make an anti-American film. I'm one of the most pro-American foreigners I know. I love America and Americans. "

" I learned about life before I went into the theater, which is why I've been so happy. I was a soldier. "

" In my early days, I didn't know what a good film or a bad film was, and I was trying to make some money. As it happens I was lucky. I made some good films. "

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

" January is the garbage can of movies in America, directly after all the Oscar contenders have been out. "