It's funny; I actually made poorer decisions when I sobered up then when I was screwed up.

You have to stay updated on trends, social things and pop culture, you need to stay with the times and keep evolving.

As an entertainer, a comedy guy, whatever, you're never gonna be truly 100-percent happy with anything.

On the musical side, I always wanted to kind of carry on Pink Floyd's sound. You know, Pink Floyd always had such an original, creative and masterful sound, but there are no new albums. My thought was that there's a way to keep their sound alive.

The more romance novelists that are out there, making romanticized ideas of vampirism for the kids, the more people want to see a real action movie, putting the bad guys where they belong, as the bad guys, and looking for a hero to come along and defend our very souls.

You can't just live in phenomenon and not research it.

I always keep my options open. I always say, "Make me an offer and send me the script, and if it's something that I can connect to or relate to..." The character has to intrigue me, and the project overall has to intrigue me. And if it all lines up properly, then we can get into the business side of it. But it's always about the creative first.