To be a movie star, you have to carry a movie. And to carry a movie where you play the title role is the supreme example.

That to me is what my idea of film acting should be. There shouldn't be any acting. You should just be watching a real person.

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

Things are not quite what they seem always. Don't start me on class, otherwise you'll get a four-hour lecture.

I just try to play more and more difficult roles.

English is clipped in speech. Texas is exactly the opposite.

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