An actor who knows his business ought to be able to make the London telephone directory sound enthralling.

James Agate, a great critic of the day, advised me that the way to learn your job properly was to learn Shakespeare, so I went to Stratford. It really sorts out the men from the boys.

I grew up in Ditchling. It was an idyllic village at the foot of the South Downs. In those days, the village was full of artists and sculptors.

I have a disgracefully sweet tooth. My younger brother and I, all we care about are puddings. You can keep your smoked salmon and caviar.

Maybe I'm delusional but I'm usually funny. It's not 100% but I have a pretty good batting average.

The consensual seduction of the mainstream media by and with the government is one of the most dangerous toxins at work in America today.

I never expected that, 20 years later, Chucky would be considered a classic, if I may invoke that term. A golden oldie anyway, something that people still care about 20 years later.

I can't see or feel the conflict between love and religion. To me, they're the same thing.

Governments without separation of powers commit the worst crimes.

Molly was committing dinner. . .

Believe only what you know and all of what you know.

Don't think that even an engineer, when he buys a motor, takes it to bits to scrutinize it. Even he as a specialist buys from the external appearance. A motor ought to look like a birthday present.

It is rather to be chosen than great riches, unless I have omitted something from the quotation.

The life of an actor can be very enviable.