Kiefer Sutherland likes to spend his downtime drinking with friends.

With a movie adaption of his series 24 in the works and filming for new show Touch, Kiefer has his plate filled with projects. So when he's not working he likes to let his hair down.

"For me, that's how I choose to spend my time off," he told UK newspaper The Times. "And the fact is that you're working 15 hours a day, with a huge amount of responsibility attached, based on the unbelievable amounts of money being invested, and you carry that as a burden. So, you get a couple of moments off and, Whooooofffffff!"

Kiefer is renowned for his partying ways. His highly publicised booze-fuelled nights have included bar fights and a jail sentence for drunk-driving. In 2005 he was pictured in a bar with his trousers around his ankles.

The actor admits he likes to drink but it has never got in the way of his work.

"Some people put on a tracksuit and run a marathon. That's not what I do. I go out with six or seven friends, and generally it starts with good intentions. We'll be home by 11.' And then someone tells a funny story, and someone tells another, and suddenly it's 2am and we're trying to figure out how to get a plane to Vegas!" he said.

"[But] I've never missed a day's work in my life. And I've never been late for a day's work in my life."

Kiefer's new series Touch is now being televised across the globe.