I've done films where you have to get in shape for purely vanity reasons, when you read a script, turn to page 87 and it says: "Rips his shirt off and casually throws it onto chair" - and you're going to go to the gym the next day because nobody wants to see your big fat arse out there taking your shirt off!

I never think there's any competition between films. I root for everybody's films. I especially have a fond place in my heart for graphic novels and comics.

My favorite job is being a father. I have four girls now. They're a captive audience.

The difference between trying to be fit and not being fit really means the difference between life and death.

I just have more fun when I get to try new things - and the action film genre has kind of painted itself into a corner, copied itself so many times and it has basically run out of bad buys.

Die Hard 2 was okay. It was a little outside the template but it was okay, a hard movie to make technically. Did well at the box office. Successful.

I'm much more proud of being a father than being an actor.