Drama can be an addiction. It's so, so sneaky. Jealousy - all of those things can really send you in a lot of different crazy directions.

Fate pulls you in different directions.

Well, obviously, as soon as I'd finished the script I read a lot of books on Winston Churchill, and started to gain weight and really prepare emotionally, mentally and physically for the role.

As you get older you learn some balance and mediation in your life - that's where I am right now. I feel pretty comfortable about things.

We go in there and we work on altering those ideas and in many cases go in different directions.

I had such a lack of respect for women that I just treated them as a hobby, trying to live up to the supposed image of Jack Nicholson and all those guys who were womanizers.