John Lennon and Ringo Starr liked my songs. I used to write songs and they heard me sing songs on stage in London.

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With narration, you have to be very accurate with your voice. It's a good exercise...

With narration, you have to be very accurate with your voice. It's a good exercise...

But comedy I'd love to do as much as humanly possible.

But comedy I'd love to do as much as humanly possible.

In England, it's now Sir Ben. Mister has just disappeared. It's not even on my...

In England, it's now Sir Ben. Mister has just disappeared. It's not even on my...

Somewhere in your career, your work changes. It becomes less anal, less careful and more...

Somewhere in your career, your work changes. It becomes less anal, less careful and more...

I always try to find something I admire about every character I play.

I always try to find something I admire about every character I play.

I honestly have no strategy whatsoever. I'm waiting for that script to pop through the...

I honestly have no strategy whatsoever. I'm waiting for that script to pop through the...

I try and reduce myself to an almost blank slate and hope to God that...

I try and reduce myself to an almost blank slate and hope to God that...

Fifteen years before I became a screen actor, I was in the theatre. A lot...

Fifteen years before I became a screen actor, I was in the theatre. A lot...

I think Romeo and Juliet is uplifting. That's how much a son wishes to avenge...

I think Romeo and Juliet is uplifting. That's how much a son wishes to avenge...

I think the cinema you like has more to do with silence, and the theater...

I think the cinema you like has more to do with silence, and the theater...

That hunger of the flesh, that longing for ease, that terror of incarceration, that insistence...

That hunger of the flesh, that longing for ease, that terror of incarceration, that insistence...

There have not been any troughs as regards my work. There's never been a trough...

There have not been any troughs as regards my work. There's never been a trough...

I think that most actors, and they're a very strange lot actors, very strange people,...

I think that most actors, and they're a very strange lot actors, very strange people,...

I just loved playing a man who was unafraid of making an idiot of himself...

I just loved playing a man who was unafraid of making an idiot of himself...

As a singer, I might have fallen among thieves. I wonder if I'd still be...

As a singer, I might have fallen among thieves. I wonder if I'd still be...

When Attenborough asked me to do Gandhi it was almost like stepping off one boat...

When Attenborough asked me to do Gandhi it was almost like stepping off one boat...

The hierarchy of class in London was rigid. It was like a religion. It still...

The hierarchy of class in London was rigid. It was like a religion. It still...

It is better for me to serve a charity as an actor or a voice,...

It is better for me to serve a charity as an actor or a voice,...

I don't honestly think people know what acting is.

I don't honestly think people know what acting is.

I've never had to turn my hand to anything for monetary gain, other than pretending...

I've never had to turn my hand to anything for monetary gain, other than pretending...