As Beckett said, it's not enough to die, one has to be forgotten as well.

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I have lots of favourite memories but I can't say that I have a favourite film.

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It's quite a dangerous career move to go wilfully on making films that may not find a distributor.

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I never had any ambition to be a star, or whatever it is called, and I'm still embarrassed at the word.

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Pretending to be other people is my game and that to me is the essence of the whole business of acting.

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If I'm in theatre, cinema doesn't even cross my mind. Similarly when I'm making a film, theatre doesn't cross my mind.

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My parents felt that acting was far too insecure. Don't ask me what made them think that painting would be more secure.

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I turn up in Los Angeles every now and then, so I can get some big money films in order to finance my smaller money films.

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It would be difficult to have any unfulfilled ambitions because I don't have any ambitions. I've never been that kind of performer.

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If you do an interview in 1960, something it's bound to change by the year 2000. And if it doesn't, then there's something drastically wrong.

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