Warren Beatty once told me that if someone's really stuck on you, find them their next boyfriend. But I could never do that.

My perception is that I've never done anything but work really hard.

Warner Bros offered me the next Batman, and the only reason that I didn't do it was because of The Saint.

Life is precious, and when someone dies it's an opportunity to realise how precious it is. My brother drowned when I was 17. He was 15. I think I grew from that. My father didn't. It really crushed him.

I don't think of my life as a cliche, but I'm a cliche eccentric. Complete with a strange name - I mean, who's named Val? How many Vals do you know? I mean, really?

Mark Twain is as big as America. He really is.