I was kicked out of drama school in 1976, aged 18, for vandalising the headmistress's tyres, after being there for less than a year. Ray Winstone agedramaheadmistress Change image and share on social
I'm away so much I've had to learn to cook, and I find it relaxing after filming. I make stews and liver and bacon, and an Italian mate taught me how to make a mean puttanesca sauce. Ray Winstone baconcookfilm Change image and share on social
At acting school people didn't speak like me. It was all received pronunciation - 'ow now brown cow.' Ray Winstone actbrowncow Change image and share on social
I pile on the weight when I work. All that location catering's not good for the love handles. I lose a bit when I'm not working, but I love my food and the occasional snifter. Ray Winstone bitecaterfood Change image and share on social
In terms of directors, great actors make directors - Gary Oldman was great to work with, for me; Tim Roth, too. You work with Scorsese and Spielberg and they were wonderful directors, but for me, working with actor/directors is special. Ray Winstone actordirectorgary share on social
Working with Scorsese was an absolute dream, and one of my favourite ever jobs was 'Beowulf' because it was just pure acting. Your imagination explodes as you try to imagine you're fighting a dragon or whatever. Ray Winstone absoluteactbeowulf share on social
I love to be the lead, but you can't always be the lead. Ray Winstone leadlove Change image and share on social
Well, you create your own persona, don't you? And you have to live with that. But the people that I meet, they don't think that I'm a lunatic. And if they do, then that's OK, because it means that I'm playing the parts all right. Ray Winstone createlivelunatic share on social
'Once Upon A Time In America' is one of the cleverest films of all time, because you can get out of it whatever you want to get out of it. Ray Winstone americacleverfilm Change image and share on social
All the great Shakespeare plays are about killing. 'Alas, poor Yorick,' that's about death. And in 'Romeo and Juliet' everyone up ends up dying. The greatest dramas in the world are all about sex, violence and death. Ray Winstone aladeathdie share on social
