Actor

English is clipped in speech. Texas is exactly the opposite.

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.

When you reach the top, that's when the climb begins.

When I look in the mirror, I see someone who's happy with how he looks, because I was never one of the handsome Hollywood people. And I've had success as I've gotten older, because I'm able to play characters. I no longer get the girl, but I get the part.

Alfie was the first time I was above the title; the first time I became a star in America.

I am in so many movies that are on TV at 2:00 a.m. that people think I am dead.

I regard myself as someone who is retired but who occasionally goes out to work.

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

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 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.

If you're a movie actor, you're on your own - you cannot control the stage. The director controls it.

Funny things happen to you in movies for silly reasons.

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!

Save your money. You're going to need twice as much money in your old age as you think.

I'm forever testing myself. As a person and as an actor, I have no sense of competition.

If you're a movie star, you get the girl, you lose the girl, and then you get her back. But if you're a character like me, you lose the girl, then you get another one, then you get another one, then you lose them all, then you lose your life.

I usually control the environment I'm in, but my control is very quiet and subtle.

To be a movie star, you have to carry a movie. And to carry a movie where you play the title role is the supreme example.

You can see all sorts of things in film acting if you know where to look and what to look for. One thing I often notice is that the actor is looking for his mark, the place where he has to stand to be in the right place in the shot.

People say I've 'retained' my Cockney accent. I can do any accent, but I wanted other working-class boys to know that they could become actors.