Quotes

Never turn anything down ... stars come and go but as a character actor, you'll work until you're 90.

While I was immensely thrilled to be voted top British male star by the Motion Picture Herald, after The Blue Lamp, I received another award I treasured above everything ! It was a casket and scroll presented to me by officers of the Metropolitan Police 'F' Division and gave me 'the freedom of police stations, the freedom of their tea, the freedom to criticise its quality and if he does, the freedom of the cells'. This tribute was made to me after the film's premiere by Chief Superintendent F. H. Archer, of Hammersmith, who had taught me how to walk talk and salute like a policeman.