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.

I'm often asked if I regret not going to Hollywood. I'm glad I didn't go, because if I had I wouldn't have my extended family, which is the fabric of my life. Only recently have I realised how special and unusual it is.

I've never been married and I've no more desire to be married now than I ever have. I hate bureaucracy and I am not religious.

The minute anyone's getting anxious I say, You must eat and you must sleep. They're the two vital elements for a healthy life.

Each decade, I've lived in that decade, so I could easily shed the '20s, the '30s, the '40s.

I think people have surgery for psychological reasons more than because of their looks.

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