Film acting is one of the only industries where you're criticized for working hard. In any other industry, it's considered a quality and something to behold.

When I was eight, I would look at the cover of the 'Ghost Rider' comic book in my little home in Long Beach, California, and I couldn't get my head around how something that scary could also be good. To me it was my first philosophical awakening - 'How is this possible, this duality?'

There were two movies that asked me to go to Australia or New Zealand for long periods of time. One was 'Lord of the Rings' and one was 'The Matrix.' But I was actively involved at that time raising my family, and I couldn't really take that time out.

One of the pluses of getting older is you set some limits.

I don't drink blood, and last time I looked in the mirror, I had a reflection.

I was always shocked when I went to the doctor's office and they did my X-ray and didn't find that I had eight more ribs than I should have or that my blood was the color green.

Everything we do impacts someone else's life.