I have a problem with the blatant celebrity exhibitionism that happens in this business and being sold purely as a brand.

When actors talk about research, they're just patting themselves on the back.

Violence doesn't seem to bother people anymore - they're inured to it. And I think it has a lot to do with the violence in movies and video games - it doesn't bother people as much. I'm not so sure it evokes a reaction anymore.

I would never do something like Speed 2 again. If Id wanted to make those kind of movies I could have signed up for five of them while it was in the can. It wasnt worth it to me. That was just an innocuous, boring movie.

Whatever character you're playing you have to complete the entire interior infrastructure, whatever it is - but what gets divulged or what people completely understand depends on the script and what you decide to show. But you have to know it.

I don't like people who use the press to advance themselves in a way that they haven't earned as an actor, performer or director.

Now, being on the cover of Vanity Fair is as important as being in great movies. The lines are very, very blurred.