I've watched films and even forgotten I'm in them.
My own mum wouldn't call me pretty.
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 s - -, nobody blames you.
You imagine, the characters I play? Can you imagine me taking them home to Linda and the kids? My bags would be at the door.
We inherit plots. There are only two or three in the world, five or six at most. We ride them like treadmills.
Bob was Brian De Palma's second choice for the role of 'Al Capone' in 1986's The Untouchables. His original choice was Robert DeNiro, and Bob was given a six-figure paycheck by DePalma for his time.
Bob's 1988 film, The Raggedy Rawney was inspired and based on the stories that his gypsy grandmother used to tell him.
Bob was ranked as #97 in Empire magazine's 'Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time' in October 1997.
Bob acted alongside Alan Alda as a screenwriter in the behind-the-scenes comedy Sweet Liberty, in 1986.
Bob caught the critic's attention in the 1980s playing a doomed London mobster in The Long Friday.
Bob started his career in the United States on the big screen alongside Richard Dreyfuss in John Byrum's Inserts in 1974.
Bob's interest in literature led him to the theatre, where his dreams of starring on stage began. Before he could get started however, he needed to take odd jobs to save some money.
Bob's success on stage led him to start working in British films, starting with The National Health in 1973.
Bob played Nathan Detroit in the West End production of the stage musical Guys & Dolls in 1968.
Bob was nominated for a Golden Globe in 2006 in the category of Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture, for his role in the movie Mrs. Henderson Presents.
Bob used to work as a: fire eater in a circus, porter, seaman, and steeplejack before he became an actor, director,producer, and screenwriter.
Bob is 5'6" tall.
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