“I felt a tremendous sadness for men who can't deal with a woman of their own age.”

“Some men and women aren't looking for money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. They simply want to watch the world burn.Michael Caine’s character ‘Alfred’ in the Batman movie, “The Dark Knight”

“I think what is British about me is my feelings and awareness of others and their situations. English people are always known to be well mannered and cold but we are not cold - we don't interfere in your situation. If we are heartbroken, we don't scream in your face with tears - we go home and cry on our own.”

“I felt a tremendous sadness for men who can't deal with a woman of their own age.”

“For me, the performance was always playing different people. And so when I got older, was no longer the romantic leading movie star, it became more and more interesting for me, the characters I played, you know?”

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

“Funny things happen to you in movies for silly reasons.”

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

“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.”

“Every time you get a movie, you get a medical. So you know, you know you're alright for a couple of weeks.”

“But the whole point of the Sixties was that you had to take people as they were. If you came in with us you left your class, and colour, and religion behind, that was what the Sixties was all about.”