But even with no money you could still go to places like the Scotch Club and, you know, John Lennon might be sitting right over there, but I was certainly not a part of any of that circle. I was truly peripheral.

I love grabbing my wife and going to a distant location to film.

Joe Wright called me and I also had some trepidation along those lines but he said no, it would work. He had a very clear and specific idea of what he wanted to do.

Not too much, though there`s a certain amount of rancour and bitterness when someone tries to fire you.

I don`t think I have one iota of cynicism about acting.

Everything was my fault. I was so dumb. But if I hadn`t made the mistakes I made, I wouldn`t have met the wonderful woman I`ve been married to for over 30 years, so I guess that makes the mistakes OK.

I would look a little silly playing Casanova now.

I have never planned anything. I have been doing this job for over 50 years. I have been paid to work with some wonderful people and it has been a huge gift, to me.

I am so glad my wife tolerates me. And we have three wonderful sons.

The only thing I feel passionate about is my wife.

I have been able to play a lot of guys and they have kept me working.

Vietnam was a lie but at least there was a political agenda. It was the domino theory. Iraq is about nothing but George Bush`s ego laced with imperialist ambitions. And it was helped by your government.

I had a kind of meandering little career, and then I was given a chance to play one of the bottom six in The Dirty Dozen.

I had no money at all back then. I was later paid $600 a week for The Dirty Dozen, which was lovely, after having no money for years.

What the nation`s built on is discussion, contradiction and growth, and at the moment you can`t discuss anything. If you do start to discuss it, you get criticized. If people hate us, you have to find out why and try to solve that problem.

No, I`m not rich. I had a tax problem in this country, curiously enough, and my accountant said the British government was patently wrong in taxing me, and they were, but we couldn`t persuade them and it cost me everything I had.

You have a little bit of talent, a certain amount of good fortune and a lot of hard work in pursuit of whatever truth you can find in it, and if you are really lucky, a terrific partner and I have that and those four things worked out for me.

At my age, you sort of fart your way into a role.

But no, I love acting, it`s a wonderful job.

To them though, not to us, we were just a catalyst for their imagination.

[on Julie Christie] Julie has such a wonderful film presence and fulfills everything I admire in a performer in that she -- more specifically than almost anyone else -- works for the director and recognizes that the film is created by the director in the way Jeanne Moreau did for Louis Malle.

[on Jane Fonda] Jane`s person is more specific than most of us. She`s well disciplined and knows what she wants and where she`s going and works objectively to apply all her information to that intention. With Jane, the character and force is embodied in her persona and it`s a lovely, delicate and self-deprecating human.

[on his early roles] Well, I was always cast as an artistic homicidal maniac. But at least I was artistic!

Frank Lloyd Wright designed the house I was living in. From what I understood, he was having an affair with the wife of the man he was designing the house for. That man was very tall. So Wright, short and vain, designs the house in such a way that a tall person couldn`t live in it without severe cranial damage. I hit my head *all* the time.

When you`re working for a good director, you become subjective and submissive. You become his concubine. All that you`re seeking is his pleasure.

I was up for a great part but they told me: "Sorry, you`re the best actor but this part calls for a guy-next-door type. You don`t look as if you`ve ever lived next door to anyone."

Pauline Kael reviewed The Day of the Locust (1975): "There`s nothing specifically wrong with Donald Sutherland`s performance. It`s just awful." That was the most destructive, stupid piece of criticism I`ve ever received. I stopped reading reviews after that.