Quote

The American character looks always as if it had just had a rather bad haircut, which gives it, in our eyes at any rate, a greater humanity than the European, which even among its beggars has an all too professional air.

The sad truth for American actors is that they really have no control whatsoever over the material that they get, or can do, particularly actresses. And if you're over 40 and you're an actress, forget it.

If you're lucky enough to work with great actors and creative people, they're always just going to be who they are, so I don't think there's a difference between the Brits and the Americans.

I think there's a quality of passion to the American actor. I'm certainly attracted to it, and I like to hope that underscoring it is a characteristic of my work. That quality is certainly also present in some British actors, but I tend to feel the mechanical and intellectual process is dominant in the British.

I always used to wonder why American actors were getting fat, then I made a U.S. movie. I'm seeing all the food every day, and there's lots of waiting around because making an American movie is very slow.

So I built my entire career in the United States and that's why it feels like I'm an American actor.

The difference between me and American-born actors is that I came here with the expectation of not being treated fairly.

I'm used to American actors who have a movie career thinking television acting is beneath them.

I think Americans are wonderful film actors - the best in the world - but they are a very contemporary race and they look forward all the time.

Americans just don't know what being a movie star's all about.