It wasn't until I saw James Dean that I began to think that maybe I could actually do this. Movies didn't have to be just this fantasy with this impossibly handsome guy.

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From the very first movie I ever made to the current time, there have been...

From the very first movie I ever made to the current time, there have been...

Unless I try, I'm never really going to be at ease with myself.

Unless I try, I'm never really going to be at ease with myself.

As a boy I believed I could make myself invisible. I'm not sure that I...

As a boy I believed I could make myself invisible. I'm not sure that I...

I've never wanted to become a politician, an interior decorator, I've never wanted to speculate...

I've never wanted to become a politician, an interior decorator, I've never wanted to speculate...

It's such a performance to bring stuff into America. It's a great luxury when I...

It's such a performance to bring stuff into America. It's a great luxury when I...

I have to be stretched in some way. There's not enough things that come my...

I have to be stretched in some way. There's not enough things that come my...

A lot of people only see me as villains.

A lot of people only see me as villains.

Peter Ustinov was the first really positive influence in my career. He was real and...

Peter Ustinov was the first really positive influence in my career. He was real and...

In my youth I dreamed of being an illustrator.

In my youth I dreamed of being an illustrator.

With Fellini, the fear dropped out of my work because it was such a happy...

With Fellini, the fear dropped out of my work because it was such a happy...

A lot of young directors, they're not confident; they're not open to the emotional level...

A lot of young directors, they're not confident; they're not open to the emotional level...

In the case of Elektra I really wasn't sure I could pull it off. There...

In the case of Elektra I really wasn't sure I could pull it off. There...

What I wanted more than anything was a long career.

What I wanted more than anything was a long career.

At this point, it's either for fun or it's for money. I don't take movies...

At this point, it's either for fun or it's for money. I don't take movies...

I work primarily for the camera-it's not something I really talk about a lot, but...

I work primarily for the camera-it's not something I really talk about a lot, but...

My star was kind of fading towards the end of the '60s and suddenly I...

My star was kind of fading towards the end of the '60s and suddenly I...

I have always had this energy, which I think of as overdrive.

I have always had this energy, which I think of as overdrive.

I was very disappointed that so much of the work I did on The Haunted...

I was very disappointed that so much of the work I did on The Haunted...

When I tested for Billy Budd, I had that kind of confidence that comes with...

When I tested for Billy Budd, I had that kind of confidence that comes with...

A lot of newspapers say, Terence Stamp is playing himself and we're as bored as...

A lot of newspapers say, Terence Stamp is playing himself and we're as bored as...