Americans enjoy uniformity in a way that the British don't; they wanted everybody of a sort of nice chorus line height and here I was, this person who was a good three inches taller than anyone else on the end…

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No, I don't believe in hard work. If something is hard, leave it. Let it...

No, I don't believe in hard work. If something is hard, leave it. Let it...

I succeeded on sort of chutzpah and charm. No technique at all, didn't know what...

I succeeded on sort of chutzpah and charm. No technique at all, didn't know what...

I think I would not be described as a character actor in that I don't...

I think I would not be described as a character actor in that I don't...

Now in my theater training I showed no aptitude at all.

Now in my theater training I showed no aptitude at all.

So I continued through my next school, which takes me up to the age of...

So I continued through my next school, which takes me up to the age of...

A trip to the mainland was a big event and happened maybe once a year,...

A trip to the mainland was a big event and happened maybe once a year,...

What I try to do as an actor is constantly find that, find ways to...

What I try to do as an actor is constantly find that, find ways to...

Actors often behave like children, and so we're taken for children. I want to be...

Actors often behave like children, and so we're taken for children. I want to be...

My father was a CPA. He worked hard in the aircraft industry, and would come...

My father was a CPA. He worked hard in the aircraft industry, and would come...

I had done a fair bit of traveling during the holidays in my school days...

I had done a fair bit of traveling during the holidays in my school days...

My next step must be to go to drama school. Well, I get into drama...

My next step must be to go to drama school. Well, I get into drama...

I was not naturally intellectual, but somebody whose interest had to be whetted, still the...

I was not naturally intellectual, but somebody whose interest had to be whetted, still the...

Paris Hilton, that's very interesting what she did. I've never done that. I haven't really...

Paris Hilton, that's very interesting what she did. I've never done that. I haven't really...

So the better my partner or my opposition, however you like to think about it,...

So the better my partner or my opposition, however you like to think about it,...

I constantly experience failure in that my work is never as good as I want...

I constantly experience failure in that my work is never as good as I want...

Because I'm now successful, what I'm being offered as an actor is more and more...

Because I'm now successful, what I'm being offered as an actor is more and more...

I was the youngest. The yule lamb. The one who always got away without doing...

I was the youngest. The yule lamb. The one who always got away without doing...

It's always great to play a man who sets himself up to be punctured.

It's always great to play a man who sets himself up to be punctured.

I envy children who know that they're going to become doctors, know they're going to...

I envy children who know that they're going to become doctors, know they're going to...

At age 10 or 12 he's going to boarding school in the Isle of Wight....

At age 10 or 12 he's going to boarding school in the Isle of Wight....