Torch Song Trilogy is the first film, as far as I know, that presents the gay characters within it as if they are normal and the heterosexual characters as the strangers in the society. In most films, homosexuals are presented as freaks. Torch Song has a great deal of humour and humanity, and is a low-budget movie that works.

Mephisto made a great impact on me, especially the performance of Klaus Maria Brandauer. H

He's my favourite dancer — you come away from one of his films, such as Top Hat, exhausted and full of admiration.

Dr Strangelove is a very funny, very disturbing film in which Peter Sellers gives a gigantic performance. I

My favourite Olivier film is The Entertainer because he is in such amazing control of his performance.