The best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor for 20 years.

We can only use British actors because everybody's got to talk exactly the same.

My dialogue coach said to do a Texas accent, you lean on the next word, and that was the clue to me.

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.

It's vital to have your own space so you aren't constantly in each other's pockets.

I'm trying to work only with established, respected directors. I took a lot of bad scripts and worked for a lot of lazy directors, and it was discouraging to go to the screenings and see that the director had added nothing, the editor had added nothing, there was nothing to see.

I try to make everyone around me feel comfortable.