I think people are propelled towards violence, and what propels them is much more interesting than the actual act of violence itself.

I get excited about room-service menus! I really do.

Desperation will allow you to do incredible things in the name of survival.

I just adored working in London. It was in London where I first had the idea of making a film.

If you need to get in physical shape for a film and you have to maintain that for six months, at the start of the film, I was never able to do it.

You know. I'll try anything. I'll do anything. I'll explore. Try different takes. All that kind of stuff to do sometimes, to do good performances, but always conducive to having a good time creatively.

Quite often on a movie like Total Recall you have this training period of two or three months where, like on the first 'Underworld' I was doing gymnastics and trampolining and all this stuff which I don't do in the movie necessarily, but mentally it helps. You come home and you go: 'Well, I've done all that. I must be an action star now!' So it helps you focus a little bit and gets you fit.