A lot of movie stars are not great actors; they're just very good-looking. And when they start to age and they don't have the looks any more, then it's over.

For Cider House Rules, I was doing a New England accent.

I spent my life in the library reading books.

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.

You don't sacrifice your individuality; you sacrifice a lot of freedom.

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

You get paid the same for a bad film as you do for a good one.