“I've never looked for women. When I was a teenager, perhaps. But they are looking for us, and we [men] must learn that very quickly. They decide. We just turn up. Never mind the superficialities – tall and handsome and all that. Just turn up”

“For me, life has either been a wake or a wedding.”

“I'm the most gregarious of men and love good company, but never less alone when alone.”

“I saw a man killed in front of my eyes just before my eighth birthday.”

“I know nothing at all about women. They are an amazing, beautiful mystery.”

“My favorite food from my homeland is Guinness. My second choice in Guinness. My third choice - would have to be Guinness.”

“We were doing it under the most extraordinary circumstances, but the first out of the tent in the morning would be David Lean. He said to me on the very first day of shooting, Pete, this is the beginning of a great adventure.”

“I have my very own Oscar now to be with me until death us do part.”

“I woke up one morning to find I was famous. I bought a white Rolls-Royce and drove down Sunset Boulevard, wearing dark specs and a white suit, waving like the Queen Mum.”

“All the minor sports injuries you acquire over the years begin to multiply like flies when you get over 70.”

“I'm not working-class: I come from the criminal classes.”