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" Where I think the American actor is slightly at a disadvantage is in vocal technique. I don't think that words are their friend in the same way that English actors are used to using words: understanding about consonance and how to shade a vowel to show emotional color. "

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" I know that a lot of my life is spent thinking about crisps and eating crisps and hating myself for eating crisps. It's just not worth it. Or it wouldn't be if crisps weren't so delicious. "

" I'd have thought my particular brand of quirkiness, combined with sharp intelligence and a fine voice, would have yielded more. But it hasn't. Yet! "

" I used to get into bed with my mother every morning, almost until she died, and talk about everything. She was my closest confidante always. I had no secrets from her. "

" I have a class prejudice - against the upper class, which is foolish. "

" I've never been someone who is cast for having a lovely figure but for whatever qualities I could possibly bring to a role, so I'm still castable. "

" I support children's charities; I just don't want them around me. It's not very admirable, but it's the truth. "

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" From my earliest days, reading was my passion, and at Cambridge, where I studied English literature, my intellectual life deepened and grew. "

" People seem comfortable with me. And maybe that's got a lot to do with shows like Graham Norton. You just tell it like it is on those programs. "

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You

" My vocabulary is vast and expert, and I don't think I overuse any word. "

" Anti-Semitism is a rotten thing. It's an ignorant, stupid, horrible thing. As is anti-Muslim feeling. They have to be together. "

" I don't like religion. "

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" My partner of 45 years is Australian, and a big part of her character is that marvellous quality of irony which Aussies possess. I relish their humour and sense of fairness. "

" I've burnt my boats, and there they are - smouldering in public view. "

" As long as I am working, I am grateful and happy. "

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" Unfortunately, I don't know many black people. "

" Confidence was the backbone of my upbringing. I was an only child, so I was spoilt, loved, and given an enormous amount of confidence by my parents. "

" I had a very good kiss from Bob Monkhouse once. I thought, 'If I was straight, I would go for Bob.' "

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" It's shameful to admit, but it's been a bit of a lifelong affair, and I do now feel I'm as good as it gets. I'm honourable, kind, friendly, warm, intelligent, generous, and I've got a good sense of humour. "

" The curious thing is that I embraced homosexuality with as much joy and delight as I've embraced everything else in my life. "

" I don't understand why gay people are so anxious to get married. "

" I really have fallen in love with myself. "

" The main fear about growing old as an actor is not losing the looks. I never had any to speak of, and what I had I've still got, but losing the memory is another matter. "

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" I want to explore the range of emotions it is possible to feel. "

" With television, attention spans have been shortened. It's something we have to fight against: the dumbing down of the audience. To be part of an audience is a privilege. To be with the people on stage, to let them reach you. If you're doing a million other things, they won't reach you. "

" It would be absurd to say I'm not British - you can hear it when I speak. "

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" Communication is something we all take for granted. "