We knew we were doing something that would make an impact, because of Francis [Ford Coppola], but I don't think we were surprised by how well the movie [The Outsiders] did, but I think we would all say we were surprised at how well we all did coming out of it.

My life is really based around my house and my friends and my family at the moment, and has been for a while now.

I was sick of playing high-school kids. I liked being a teenager, but I would not go back for all the tea in China.

You show me someone who's led a perfect life and I'll show you a dullard.

You wouldn't want somebody in office who hasn't experienced life.

The press concentrates on a divorce an actor's going through and they ignore the good performances he gives, or the causes that he works for.

If somebody else is achieving more than I am, that means I can do it, too. Everybody has the ability to raise themselves up, and my life has been marked by that.