You can't hold back. You can't think of the subtleties of playing. You just have to get out and really bare it all, and hopefully you don't fall off the plank. And if you do, hey, pick yourself up, dust yourself down, and start all over again.

Richard Lester is a wonderful director, a great comedy director, of course.

I never do research unless it's extraordinary circumstances.

You've always got to work with the best if you can, and of course, the best are the best because they're different. They expect certain standards, and they're usually very difficult people to work with.

My favorite actor who played villains - who could play anything, really - was Jimmy Cagney.