Since I was 19, I've had the most fun possible every single day, even when I had a rough life. It was the army which taught me about life, and the theater which taught me how good it could be.

I feel that I helped the working class by just saying there are no barriers, which I consider to be true.

I won an Academy Award for 'The Cider House Rules,' playing an American.

January is the garbage can of movies in America, directly after all the Oscar contenders have been out.

First of all, I choose the great roles, and if none of these come, I choose the mediocre ones, and if they don't come, I choose the ones that pay the rent.

I learned about life before I went into the theater, which is why I've been so happy. I was a soldier.

I come from the slums; I come from a hard background; I come from a poor family; and I was a soldier.