Richard Farnsworth died in October 2000. Earlier this year, he spoke to Jonathan Ross about his long and varied career.

Can you tell me about some of the directors you've worked with?

I worked with Cecil B DeMille quite a few times. I was a stunt man for 35 years. I don't know if you saw the parting of the Red Sea with the chariots on the horses, I did stuff like that. I worked for John Ford, Howard Hawks, Henry Hathaway, Raoul Walsh - I worked for some real good directors. But I think David Lynch, for me, is probably the best. I got along with him better, he never raised his voice and that's what I like.

He's a gentleman?

Yes.

How does his style compare?

I worked for Sam Peckinpah on quite a bit of action in his films, and he got excited once in a while. I ignored it. De Mille would also throw a rampage. But I don't really care for directors flaring up and trying to humble some actor, which they would do to try and make an example out of them so everybody else would stay on the ball - and David wasn't anything like that.

Richard Farnsworth talks about his last film "The Straight Story".