When I come home, my daughter will run to the door and give me a big hug, and everything that's happened that day just melts away.

Breakfast is my specialty. I admit it's the easiest meal to cook, but I make everything with a twist, like lemon ricotta pancakes or bacon that's baked instead of fried.

To make films like 'X-Men' work commercially - and also have some class - is one of the hardest things there is to do. I want to be seen to be able to cross lots of genres and still be 'fair dinkum,' as we say in Australia, which means genuine and true and, well, unique.

In life you don't regret the things you do, you regret the things you don't do.

I once sang 'Summer Nights,' from 'Grease,' at a bar in Melbourne with John Travolta, who's a good friend of mine. He looked cool singing the part of Danny - sitting in an armchair, smoking a cigar - while I got stuck playing Sandy.

You have to eat before you train. Otherwise, that really intense training, after about 40 minutes you start to flag.

Giving people a hand up, not a handout, is the way forward.