- [upon being notified of his Oscar win, having not been present at the actual ceremony, 1967] Oh, I suppose my wife and I will open a bottle of champagne with another couple.
- I have found that an actor's work has life and interest only in its execution. It seems to wither away in discussion, and become emptily theatrical and insubstantial.
- [on repeated attempts of declining knighthood] If you want a title, what's wrong with 'Mister'? If you have always been that, then why lose your title? I have a title, which is the same one that I have always had. But it's not political. I have a CBE, which I accepted very gratefully.
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