Leo McKern

I consider that my best performance ever was as Peer Gynt.

It is easy to believe in freedom of speech for those with whom we agree.

There's a whole bunch of unfinished stuff. Then I've got books of lyrics. I find it frustrating to finish a song and not be able to record it... so I don't write a million songs.

I remember talking to John Mortimer, and he said he was relying on Rumpole to keep him in his old age; well, I'm doing the same with Phryne - she's my mainstay.

I never believed that Nixon could fully resurrect himself. And the proof of that was in the obits.