“The older you get, the more you realise how happenstance has helped to determine your path through life.”

I would never be a television presenter. It’s not something I could ever do.

To be successful you don’t need beautiful face and heroic body, what you need is skillful mind and ability to perform.

If you get the quality right, then the marketability or whatever; your ability to sell videos or your ability to earn money or whatever, will follow naturally.

If you get the quality right, then the marketability or whatever; your ability to sell videos or your ability to earn money or whatever, will follow naturally.

What is wrong with inciting intense dislike of a religion if the activities or teachings of that religion are so outrageous, irrational or abusive of human rights that they deserve to be intensely disliked?

I’m certainly not aware of suppressing more sophisticated ambitions.

It’s a bit disconcerting being treated like Madonna.

I tend to play rather odd men. People that are slightly odd or eccentric, or have a more particular attitude to life.

If you’re a serious actor, it’s when you know you’re going to die tomorrow that you really start to feel it.

I have to say that I’ve always believed perfectionism is more of a disease than a quality. I do try to go with the flow but I can’t let go.

Lord, thy one-liners are as good as thy tricks. Thou art indeed an all-round family entertainer.

Apart from the fact that your physical ability starts to decline, I also think someone in their fifties being childlike becomes a little sad. You’ve got to be careful.

In the modern media age, we are rarely surprised by what we see.

Excellence is not an act but a habit.

It’s not easy to take a sit-com and turn it into a feature.

I enjoy racing historic motorcars from the ’50s and ’60s.

Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.

Getting older is no problem. You just have to live long enough.

Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good.

There are three things that grow more precious with age; old wood to burn, old books to read, and old friends to enjoy.

I don’t know what the big deal is about old age. Old people who shine from the inside look 10 to 20 years younger.

What is birthday? The only day in your life, your mother smiled when you cried.

Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age.

Look at the bright side no matter how old you are, you are younger than you’ll ever be again.