I figure there are a few actors like Marlon Brando, George C. Scott and Laurence Olivier who have been touched by the hand of God. I'm in the next bunch.

I always said life consists of love and work. I tried to balance it 50-50. And, of course, now I'm so happy I did.

I'm not a gambling-man. I have never bet a dollar in all my life.

Once you drink one glass, you want another.

It's rather amusing at my advanced age to become a sex symbol.

Part of my strength as an actor comes from what I've learned all these years: when you play a villain, you try to get the light touches; when you play a hero, you try to get in some of the warts.

The only way to quieten me is to invite me to a tennis match.