What an actor says is much, much less important than a life, so that's the great use for improvisation; you go, you find the life and then you add the words.

Without Scientology, I would be in an alley somewhere looking for dope.

There's the concept that if I do this big budget project, then that will help me do the things I really want to do and bring more money to those films.

If I had to choose criteria, for me, it's about first the director. I want to be a part of something that's good and intellectually challenging. After the director it's the character and the story. That's the deal for me.

I grew up with Scientology - my parents at one point were clerical. It's a pragmatic philosophy, not merely a belief system. Yeah, it's had media exposure because certain luminaries do Scientology, but millions of people do it who are not celebrities. It's not a threat or some cult.

I want to be a part of something that's good and intellectually challenging.

I'm definitely one of those people that what comes into my head falls out of my mouth. That's a way for me to be even more creative, to sort of get the ball rolling and start parlaying off of somebody and interacting. That charge or that friction sometimes - if it's positive or negative - is inspiring, and it gets people to be I think creative, maybe.