John Osborne

Go on - but don't think you can kill my confidence. I've had experts doing it for years.

Heroes, whatever high ideas we may have of them, are mortal and not divine. We are all as God made us and many of us much worse.

It is easy to answer the ultimate questions - it saves you bothering with the immediate ones.

James Bond is quite serious about his drinks and clothing and cigarettes and food and all that sort of thing. There is nothing wry or amused about James Bond.

Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?

When I do my makeup, it kind of helps me get into the character that I'm trying to portray.