I didn't play the Ghost Rider in the first movie. That was a stuntman. In this film, the Ghost Rider feels much more alive because I did put some thought into how he should walk and into how he should move. I was so into the character, in fact, that I would paint my face with white and black makeup to look like a skull. And I put on blacked-out contact lenses, so I almost looked like an Afro-New Orleanian voodoo icon by the name of Baron Samedi. Oh man, I would walk around the set without saying a word to anybody, and I could see the fear in my co-stars' and co-directors' eyes.

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.

Guy Pearce is very precise and clear about understanding the rhythm and the music of a scene.

Generally my instinct is to not do biographical movies. I want to build characters and not be locked into playing a part in history.

There's a fine line between the Method actor and the schizophrenic.

I do like to move and get physical in my movies.

Tattoos to me are the outward symbol of the inward change within my soul.