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

As an actor, I'll play anything.

Hollywood is a cross between a health farm, a recreation center and an insane asylum. It's a company town, and I happen to like the company!

I'm the audience's representative on earth.

80 percent of any gang is not there to attack someone. They're there so no one will attack them.

There's quite a lot of bad stuff written about me. My wife even says a lot of bad stuff about me. But she is wonderful.

Not only is acting more than a part-time job, it's more than a full-time job. It's a full-time obsession.