I don't pride myself on being self-educated because I don't like to brag about the fact that I'm a high school dropout. My school wasn't prepared to have somebody leave for three months out of the year to be in a movie. Graduating wasn't in the cards in a conventional sense if I was going to continue acting. I could get my GED, or could I? I'd have to study up for that.

Ruthe Stein (April 25, 2006) "Matt Dillon dishes on 'Factotum's' private parts", San Francisco Chronicle, p. D1.