Those who have the ability to take action have the responsibility to take action.

'Knowing' is one of those movies where you're going to get the spectacle, and you're going to have the entertainment in the grand science fiction tradition. But also, it will perhaps stimulate some discussion to help you sort out on your own where you might choose to go in terms of your own needs. Now, I say that without preaching.

One of the first signs of being depressed is that you lose interest in things. That's why I think it is important to stay passionate.

When I won the Oscar, I made a point of actively going against that and doing adventure films like 'Con Air' and 'Gone in 60 Seconds,' not what would be expected.

One day, one of my dreams is to someday get to do Nemo in '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.'

I don't want to just do independent movies and I don't want to just do adventure films. I enjoy both, and I think both are cogent.

I think I've become more relaxed throughout my career. I don't feel the need to jump up and down and make a big noise to get people to pay attention to me. I don't need to do punk rock gestures or eat a cockroach or do something weird to say I exist.