I don't think you can ever leave the stage easily.
I always go back to theatre. It's probably where I'll draw my last breath.
Applaud my friends, the comedy is over... [on his death bed]
I don't think I'll ever act again. I have so many wonderful memories, but those days are over.
Death is just the last scene of the last act.
Before the final curtain goes down On my life, I shall say to my Mother-Earth, "My gratitude-heart is all for you, All for you."
Hey, I've done a lot of other things, but I'm also very aware that when I kick the bucket, the first paragraph will be, 'The man responsible for 'Frampton Comes Alive!' just dropped dead. Frampton Drops Dead! after coming alive all these years.'
When I do eventually drop, I pray to God that it'll happen in one of three ways. Firstly, on stage or leaving the stage, then secondly in my sleep. And the third way? You'll have to figure that out for yourself!
I'm from the theater, darling. I want to know what happens at the end.
I'd just like to retire quietly with dignity, secure in the knowledge that no more comedies will ever be made now that I'm gone.
When the play is over, it's over.
Actually, I just want to entertain people. Put that in my obituary, a final picture, all dark in the background.
At 99 and after a long stay in a nursing home, the death of legendary photographer Eve Arnold was hardly a surprise - though she may have been just a little annoyed to quit a few months short of 100.
I will see this game of life out to its bitter end.
Nobody knows the man behind Rajesh Khanna, because that never existed. In his last few days, he had told me, 'Pack up, show is over.'
Come children, let us shut up the box and the puppets, for our play is played out.
One day, those who play have to leave the stage.
I hope to have some more cracks at some wonderful roles before I go to the Great Beyond.
We are always on stage, even when we are stabbed in earnest at the end.
