Life Stinks, But That Doesn't Mean You

Tom [courtenay] And Albert Finney Met Ron Harwood On The Dresser, So That's How It Started. It's A Wonderful Documentary. It's Called Tosca's Kiss And Mr Hardwood Told Me About It When I Asked Him What The Genesis Was. It Was Made In 1983 And Verdi, Who Was Rich And Successful, Toward The End Of His Life Decided To Build A Mansion For Himself In Milan, Where He Lived, And He Stipulated That When He Died Opera Singers And Musicians - Because He Knew So Many Who Were No Longer Playing At The Scala And Some Were Poor - Could Live There.

Someone Once Said To Me, 'some Of Us Choose To Live With A Lifeboat Just A Little Bit Out Of Our Reach.' I'd Like To Reach A Point Where I No Longer Bullshit Myself. I Think That's The Natural Human Condition - To Lie To Yourself. Because The Truth Is Painful.

The Academy Awards Are Obscene, Dirty . . . No Better Than A Beauty Contest.

The Better You Are As A Parent, The Richer The Nest You've Built, The More Difficult It Is For Your Kids To Leave. So They Have To Invent Things To Dislike About You. And They're Brilliant At It.

There's Too Many Interesting Women I Have…not Had The Experience To Know In This Life Because I Have Been Brainwashed.