On getting his first role: "I was three parts pissed. We were going to a party. And this bloke comes around and says: 'Right. You're next. Have you seen the script?'...And I got the leading part." [speaking in 1988] "My life has taken off - my life, my career - everything. I can honestly say I've never been happier. I'm walking around thinking any minute now, 25 tons of horse-shit is going to fall on my head." "Most dictators were short, fat, middle-aged and hairless. Besides Danny DeVito, there's only me to play them". "When you get to my age, what you want is the cameo. You get paid a lot of money. You fly in for a couple of weeks. Everybody treats you like the crown jewels. It's all great and if the film turns out to be a load of shit, nobody blames you." "My own mum wouldn't call me pretty." "I've watched films and even forgotten I'm in them."