Most of my life I have played a lot of famous people but most of them were dead so you have a poetic license.

Most actors come from the streets, and their rise to fame is guided by a natural anger. It was harder to find that rage coming from a gentle background.

We used to listen to Lionel Barrymore do 'A Christmas Carol' on the radio long ago, and I like Reginald Owen, who played Scrooge in the first treatment for the screen. But my favorite Scrooge was Alastair Sim. He was enchanting, an absolutely beautiful performance.

I think anger does fuel a successful acting career. To play the great roles, you have to learn how to blaze.

My great-grandfather was prime minister of Canada, and I had a very Edwardian upbringing. It was a beautiful, romantic way of growing up, until the family lost its money. And I decided to be bad and rough and find the streets rather than the gates.

I'm too old-fashioned to use a computer. I'm too old-fashioned to use a quill.

I'm too old-fashioned to use a computer. I'm too old-fashioned to use a quill.