- [on Star Wars fans at sci-fi conventions]: They come up to me and I tell them to get close and shut their eyes. Then I say (in the Emperor's haunting voice), 'There is a great disturbance in the Force.' People turn white, and one nearly fainted!
- [on Ian McDiarmid replacing his emperor in the 2004 edition of 'Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back']: I was the original Emperor, but they wanted continuity with the later movies. They made a good choice with McDiarmid.
- [on playing the final murderer on the 1970s 'Columbo' series] It was the last episode Peter Falk did in the original Columbo series, But there was no sense of regret on the set that the show was ending. Peter and I had a lot of creative fun interacting with each other's characters.
- The first film I vividly remember working on is 'Modesty Blaise'. I got the makeup man to transform me into an Arab, then marched over to (director) Joseph Losey who was drinking in his hotel room. The makeup and my accent were so good, he didn't recognize me until I said 'Joe, it's Clive' and he almost dropped his drink. So I ended up with the two roles.
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