My mom put me in a Pampers commercial on TV.

It's almost like these games are the modern day comic books, especially when you play Alone in the Dark. There's a real story that goes along with it and a movie seemed like the right kind of transition to make.

I've calmed down, certainly, from the days of being 18, but I'm still having a good time.

I've been taking my time now between projects looking for stuff that has a little bit more substance, that isn't surface. Some of the films that I've done in the past really were surface.

I'm blown away by the graphical detail of today's games. I can't imagine that it's going to get any better, but it's just going to continually progress and soon we'll be living in that world.

I was always such an incredible fan of John Woo, I just wanted to do this film with him.

I was a shy, quiet kid. I was happiest playing by myself with my toys, rather than hanging around people.

I want to do films I can relate to emotionally.

I took a lot of time off after Mobsters and although I did something I had never done before, which was to direct a play, The Laughter Epidemic, it felt like a vacation.

I think games are starting to branch out. It's not just guys sitting at their computer stations. Games are so fun, that everybody gets into them a little bit.

I have brought a PS2 on set with me before. But games can be really addicting, and that's dangerous. So I tend to keep it fairly limited on a certain level.

I had such a good time working with John Woo and John Travolta, and it was so professional. I want to work with people who are real professionals.

I don't think of myself as offbeat and weird. As a kid, I saw myself as the type of guy who would run into a burning building to save the baby.

I can promote until I am blue in the face, but ultimately nobody knows what makes a hit.

How do I feel about being a star now? Well I still try to live life and enjoy what I am doing.

Hopefully, that people could see a progression in my performances because that's how it's always felt to me.

As you get older you learn some balance and mediation in your life - that's where I am right now. I feel pretty comfortable about things.

Art does imitate life, it has to come from somewhere. To put boundaries and limitations on it doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

After I did Untamed Heart I wanted to do a film that was outrageous. I really wanted to do, you know, a performance. I don't want to allow my image to rule the choices that I make.

I'm trying not to put myself into anything I'm not 100 percent confident about.

I operate better with education and awareness, like I think all of us do. I don't like to be walking around in a vacuum, lost in my own thoughts. I'm much better with information.

If I'm backed into a corner, the first thing that comes to mind is the robot from Forbidden Planet. But that could be me trying to be kitschy, cool, and cultural, because the real answer is R2D2.

In truth, making films doesn't feel like hard work because I always have such a good time doing it.

I have that glass-half-empty syndrome, and it takes a great deal of effort to climb out of the hole of darkness that I choose to live in mentally.