Top 32 Quotes by Ron Moody

I've worked with the old dames and knights - Edith Evans, Ralph Richardson - they're the most incredibly humble, kindly people because they are so big that they don't need to be unpleasant.

Playing Fagin in the play and film was a small miracle.

The world is always reinventing itself, and so should you. I used to say, 'I haven't started yet.' Sadly, most people don't develop their potential.

I've no regrets. You take responsibility for your actions.

Working on a film, you don't get time to develop rivalries, but the theatre is like a little village, and the differences between me, Lionel and Georgia grew.

Pressure makes people react in different ways. Some people plunge in, and others take the way out.

I watch people constantly.

I was offered Fagin-type roles, but I wanted to do new things. I could have worked in America, but there was a recession in the British film industry, and I wanted to work in England. I've no regrets.

I always write 'Fight' on the mirrors - that goes way back to the times when you had to fight apathy.

I love getting up in the morning with nothing else to do except write.