Gangster is the truest friend I can ever ask for.

All young men want to prove themselves.

The action movies changed radically when it became possible to Velcro your muscles on. It was the beginning of a new era. The visual took over. The special effects became more important than the single person. That was the beginning of the end.

If it's not broken, break it. That's how new discoveries are made. That's why everything that changes life is called a breakthrough.

I think that's become passe, but if you can surround yourself with a kind of monument to yourself and your family - a statement - and you can afford it, then that's a noble project.

It's funny because when Jason [Statham] was drowning I was filming with an iPhone. It may have been a bit insensitive but I just thought, "you know what, this was a magic moment". And I couldn't help him anyway because I didn't want to drown.

In fact, every day I'll read a chapter of some art book. I don't know why. It's just a habit.