[Speaking about the film 'Pirates of the 20th Century' (1980)] I was given the part of a boatswain, and I tried to get into the character: I questioned everyone, went all over the ship, copying the ways of a ship boatswain. I'd chosen my costume myself, the beret with the anchor, and the fact that I had served in the marines. It was in the script, and it was conveyed in the film. And the faded T-shirt, and the marine pants with a belt, and the soft boots which were easy to throw off in case the ship goes down and you have to go into the water. All this I had to procure myself.
