Comedy is hard work and I am not really a comedian ... I need funny people around me to get the best out of myself.
I didn't want to go to the States because I think there are too many blokes like me in the States.
Stardom is no perishin' use to me. If I had stardom people might get the idea that I was too expensive and stop offering me some of those small character parts that help the old bank balance.
I don't refuse any part, providing I can do something with it and the lolly's good.
I'm the eternal dirty old man.
[Interviewed about the Carry On films during the making of Carry On Up The Jungle]
I've played a hell of a lot of different roles, but they're all me - with different hats on.
[to Barbara Windsor] If I can't have you, I want to die.