Since I knew wrestling was all choreographed, I thought, Oh, they don't get hurt at all. But I walked away with a renewed respect for the sport. Because I was very ignorant before - I knew nothing about it.

I was very immature when I was young, and for me there was no balance. Everything was just all or nothing.

Wrestling and boxing is like Ping-Pong and rugby. There's no connection.

Hollywood's famous for putting you in a box.

When I did Sean Penn’s movie, I think I was living in, like, a $500-a-month room, and someone called me up or bumped into me and asked me if I’d come up to work for a day. That sort of got me going a little bit. But it wasn’t until Sin City [2005] that I kind of got back into the game.

I don't mind getting punched in the nose by a guy standing in front of me. It's getting stabbed in the back that I can't handle.

I started to shortcircuit because I had high aspirations for the film. I never told anybody that.