At my age, you sort of fart your way into a role.
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.
But no, I love acting, it's a wonderful job.
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 am so glad my wife tolerates me. And we have three wonderful sons.
I don't think I have one iota of cynicism about acting.
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.
I have been able to play a lot of guys and they have kept me working.
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 love grabbing my wife and going to a distant location to film.
I would look a little silly playing Casanova now.
In France they might not earn as much (as in America) but they work a 35-hour week and they spend time with their families; isn't that real family values?
It is about money. Everything is.
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.
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.
Not too much, though there's a certain amount of rancour and bitterness when someone tries to fire you.
The only thing I feel passionate about is my wife.
To them though, not to us, we were just a catalyst for their imagination.
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.
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.
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.
In the Oliver Stone film, JFK, Sutherland played a mysterious Washington intelligence officer who spoke of links to the military-industrial complex in relation to Kennedy's assassination.
He also made acclaimed performances in the 1976 Bernardo Bertolucci Italian fascism epic (318 minute) 1900 and for his role as the torn father in the Academy award winning family drama Ordinary People (1980) alongside Mary Tyler Moore and Timothy Hutton.
He grew up in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia.
He was born to Dorothy McNichol and Frederick Sutherland, who was in charge of the local bus, gas and electricity company; his maternal grandfather was a Protestant minister.
Even though he receives top billing in The Day of the Locust (1975), he doesn't appear in the film for the first 42 minutes.
Played together with his son
His salary for the movie Steelyard Blues(1973) was $100,000
He was featured in the computer game Conspiracy (digitized video and sound).
He turned down starring in The Sweet Hereafter(1997) because the salary was too low. His role eventually went to Ian Holm.
He was married to Shirley Douglas (1966 - 1970).
His height is 6'4" (1.93 m).
Sutherland provides voiceovers in promos for ABC's Nightline.
Had a near death experience in 1979 when he was ill with meningitis. Doctors told him he had died for a time and he claims to have had an out of body experience.
He won Emmy and Golden Globe Awards for his supporting performance in HBO's film Citizen X.
His first part-time job was as a news correspondent for local radio station, CKBW.
He is an Officer of the Order of Canada.
Donald Sutherland is the father of actor
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