When I play supernatural characters in 'Ghost Rider' or 'City Of Angels,' the possibilities are limitless. The possibilities are endless, you can do so much with that.

Shock is still fun. I won't ever shut the door on it.

I've always had a soft spot for comic books.

I think that movies can help guide us through those experiences [the problems that are happening in our daily lives, the stresses between countries, the economy and global warming]. I think all art tries to grapple with, redefine, come to terms with, express what's happening now when it's working. You can be entertained, but you can also be stimulated to think about things.

People often say that you should never work with child actors. I think that's all wrong. Children have not had the imagination kicked out of them by life experience and adulthood. So, they still are very much alive with that kind of magical thinking which enables an actor to believe they're in these circumstances and make them real to you.

Yeah, my real name is Coppola. I changed it because they'd think I was some nepotism-oriented kid.

The biggest problem for me was feeling that as I became more balanced and a better man that I wouldn't have the fire to create from.