I have a lack of fear, whereas in the past the fear of failure was a powerful motivator. Anyway, I have great expectations for the future, but I just don't know if I'm the monarch of all I survey.

I love being verbal in films.

With a lot of comedians, one of their major attributes is that they look comedic, with a certain hangdog or manic expression. I look like the neighborhood bully. That doesn't elicit laughter.

Certain characters, mostly heroes, have to be the straight silent type; that is part of the make-up.

Action film is really easy to do, you just get in a car and smash through things and it's called action. The real key is what happens between the action when it's quiet. Loud is easy. Quiet, real hard.

When you're pushed killing is as easy as breathing.

Action is always seen as the bottom rung of thespian endeavour, that's just the way it is.