What a lot of people dont realize about gangs, in my opinion, is that a gang is not there to attack you. Eighty percent of the people in a gang are there to stop anyone from attacking them. You join a gang for protection, not to go out and hit someone.

I don't work very much, and I just sit here waiting for a script that I can't refuse - and I'm not talking about money.

Books were my window on the world. Growing up at the Elephant and Castle, which was very rough, my paradise was the library.

In England, I was a Cockney actor. In America, I was an actor.

I'm forever testing myself. As a person and as an actor, I have no sense of competition.

You can see all sorts of things in film acting if you know where to look and what to look for. One thing I often notice is that the actor is looking for his mark, the place where he has to stand to be in the right place in the shot.

Maybe it's time we all stop trying to outsmart the truth and let it have its day.