"I am the laziest son of a bitch who ever drew breath. I sleep till one, and I'm always surprised when someone in blue rinse on a talk show says, 'You're a genius, Mr. Newley, you do so many things.' Tony Newley never realized his potential, did the things he should have done. That's why I need Leslie Bricusse - he has plenty of ambition". "To the unwashed public, Joan Collins is a star. But to those who know her, she's a commodity who would sell her own bowel movement". [on Hollywood] "It's only a village, you know. Village life around the pump."