I've done quite a lot of dying on shows and in movies. To have a good death scene though - come on, it's brilliant. I love a good death scene!

In the old patrician world there was a custom once a week you had to eat a meal with your slaves and get to know them as people.

I keep mementos from everything I've done. I've got my cab driver's license from 'Happiness.' I've got a pair of glasses and a belt buckle from playing John Lennon. I've got a pair of sunglasses from playing Andy Warhol... It's all in a box in the garage.

When you see natural disasters caught on film you realize how well they had been imagined by Hollywood for such a long time. It's all good fun. You never know who's gonna survive and who doesn't.

I really wanted to get out of England.

Matt Weiner is an amazing writer. He's one of the best, greatest writers that's ever written for television, or just written.

I've auditioned for normal characters. But I never get cast.