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" To disappear your complete self into a character is quite difficult. I've tried it 85 times, and I've succeeded two or three times. "

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" My own mentality is that I've retired. They send me these scripts and if I absolutely have to do it, then I go to work. "

" 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 regard the theater as a woman I loved dearly who treated me like dirt. "

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" If you think you're going to be up for an Oscar, you schedule your moviemaking. "

" I've made the transition from star to character actor and I'm thoroughly enjoying it. "

" 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. "

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

" I've always loved reprehensible people because they're so much more interesting to play on screen. "

" I don't meet stockbrokers or carpenters or coal miners; I spend all day with actors, composers and photographers. "

" At age 11, I went to a Jewish school. I speak Yiddish. I'm Church of England Protestant. My father was Catholic, and my mother was Protestant. My wife is a Muslim. "

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

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

" My wife comes with me on all the movies, but she is not an appendage to a film star or anything like that. She is a completely intertwined partner. She is the other half of me. Also, we're still very much in love with each other. We always have been, we always will be. "

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

" Things are not quite what they seem always. Don't start me on class, otherwise you'll get a four-hour lecture. "

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

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

" Presenting the Oscars was the most nerve-racking job I have ever done in show business. It's very much a live show: they have comedy writers waiting in the wings, and as you come off between presentations, they hand you an appropriate gag to tell. "

" 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! "

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

" You cannot have one bathroom. And it don't matter how much you love your wife and everything, 'cause you wind up with no room at all. You just get a little corner, and you've got a toothbrush and your paste and a shaving brush and a razor. "

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

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" I prefer to remake flops. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was a remake of a flop, and The Quiet American is a remake of a flop. "

" Do I believe in God? Yes I do. When you've had a life like mine, you have to. "

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