I couldn't imagine playing someone young now; it would be so boring

Roman's wife Sharon Tate had been murdered by Charles Manson the year before, but Roman had been through so much leaving the Warsaw ghetto that he was very strong and private.

Everything has changed. An interview has become such a confrontational thing. It makes you very defensive.

I was always going to be a dancer - I drifted into acting.

The first thing you have to do is accept that decay sets in and there's nothing you can do about it.

I am pretty self-indulgent.

I don't need a piece of paper to suggest that I can commit myself.