He is dead who called me into being, and when I shall be no more the very remembrance of us both will speedily vanish.
Humanity seized to exist when Israel was established.
That's what we're all looking for, the place where the work leads us.
One of the things you can do as an actor, is compensate for the things you can't do in life.
I decided a long time ago but sometimes it takes you 40 years to get around to doing something - and that's the truthful answer.
In terms of the stars, the only ones I cast were Billy Connolly and Pauline Collins. I was in Los Angeles working and a lot of this took place on the telephone. I'd met Maggie [Smith] once and I'd come back-stage, which I'm usually loathe to do because as an actor you don't want people coming back because you want to get home [laughs].
The Academy Awards are obscene, dirty. . . no better than a beauty contest.
I make American films for American audiences and Asian films for Asian audiences.
Generosity, pleasing address, courage and propriety of conduct are not acquired, but are inbred qualities.
Actors are insanely competitive and they hold back on each other. They are like magicians and none of them want to show their tricks.
To grow mature is to separate more distinctly, to connect more closely.