Whenever anyone asks me to do something about my life`s work, I keep saying, "Please, I haven`t finished yet. Can you give me another year?" . . . In a lifetime achievement award, you just have to watch yourself grow old in 45 minutes.
[on Julie Walters] "Educating Rita" was wonderful, I did it with Julie Walters, the original girl. She is sensational, really fantastic, and she is a very nice person as well which is always a bonus.
[on Jaws: The Revenge (1987)] I have never seen it, but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific.
Be like a duck, my mother used to tell me. Remain calm on the surface and paddle like hell underneath.
