I sit waiting for things that I can't refuse.

As an actor, my attitude towards using of film versus digital is, if you have film, filmmakers have to cut eventually so you don't have to learn all that dialogue. With digital, they can just go on forever and it's a nightmare. So, I like film - nice short takes.

That to me is what my idea of film acting should be. There shouldn't be any acting. You should just be watching a real person.

I've never taken drugs - if you take a drug of your choice, you get some ecstatic feeling.

In the sixties, everyone you knew became famous. My flatmate was Terence Stamp. My barber was Vidal Sassoon. David Hockney did the menu in a restaurant I went to. I didn't know anyone unknown who didn't become famous.

The three actors I admire the most are all dead. Humphrey Bogart, Spencer Tracy and the French actor, Jean Gabin. They're all very natural, sort of masculine without being overly macho.

Obsession is a young man's game, and my only excuse is that I never grew old.