I`m really looking forward to it. People always ask me if I got a lot of training in with them, but I didn`t really because I was only there for two or three days before they went on the Asia Tour.

I`m so sick of sarcasm and irony, I could kill! Sincerely, the real root of things is love and sacrifice. Everything else is an illusion. I`m not trying to preach here. I can`t tell anybody anything. But I will say, if you`re available to them, there are so many great secrets in the world, so many signs. It`s when we stop for a moment and listening that the world gets interesting.

[On getting the part in Liberty Heights (1999)] "It was so surreal just to audition for it to begin with. When I got the call I was passed out. I was at my family`s house, just taking a break from my apartment, and my mom came and knocked on my door. I said, "Leave me alone!". She said, "No, wake up!" I had drool down my face, I picked up the phone, and my manager said, "You got it!" and I proceeded to do a parade around the house in my underpants for a good couple hours."

[On director Nick Cassavetes] Nick is magic. He doesn`t tell you what he wants, he allows. And as long as you`re taking chances and he feels that you are being truthful to yourself, then you can do no wrong.

[Discussing his role in Hostage (2005/I)] In the novel, my character was written as a 400-pound, 30-year-old massive force. Since I am not that, I had to find a different direction. I based my character on a serial who saw his parents die and now has a fetish for little girls and watching people die.

Alex Ferguson told me it was best if I went out on loan and got another year`s experience and maybe even do the same next year,

(On creating his characters) "Every role, every gig, you have to find a quality and you have to love the person. Not just like him, but love the person so you can care about what they care about."

Edwin`s been on fire,

[On his movie Big Trouble (2002)] "It was more of a crappy farce than a black comedy. I took the job so I could work with such a great director. But in the end, it ended up living up it its name. I`ve learned that calling a film a black comedy is like the kiss of death."

[Manchester United goalkeeper Ben Foster expects to spend the next two years away from Old Trafford on loan. Foster joined The Red Devils earlier in the summer from Stoke City and was immediately shipped out to Watford on a season-long loan. The 22-year-old has impressed with The Hornets and looks like being groomed as the long-term successor to Edwin van der Sar at United. Having not played for Stoke before he signed for United, Foster is benefiting from the chance to sample regular football at Championship level. The shot-stopper believes he is likely to spend the 2006/07 season out on loan before making a claim for a place at Old Trafford.] Alex Ferguson told me it was best if I went out on loan and got another year`s experience and maybe even do the same next year, ... Then in two years` time we`ll assess the situation and, if I`ve progressed, he`ll give me a chance. Edwin has got a two-year contract so that`s the plan.

Allied has gone to a lot of effort to help us meet our deadlines. They`ve expedited some emergency equipment needs and have gone the extra mile to keep us on schedule.

[On preparing for his character in Liberty Heights (1999)] The big goal for me was just to get the mental state of mind, this kind of pure innocence. My generation is pretty jaded, pretty cynical. Everything happens really fast. Too much, too fast. So I got all the Life and Look magazines from `54 to `55, stuff that would be at the family`s house, on the coffee table. I listened to all the Columbia years of Sinatra, stuff that would probably be on the radio. I talked to my grandmother and looked through her photo album. I talked to my dad.

The heat around young actors burns out. Natural ability and magnetism only get you so far. The rest is hard work.

When X-men came around, it was a vacation. Like living in a theme park for six months. I got to fly around and kick bad guys` asses.

Then in two years` time we`ll assess the situation and, if I`ve progressed, he`ll give me a chance. Edwin has got a two-year contract so that`s the plan.

I consider myself a songwriter first. Some songs come quick. It`s just a matter of getting in here and explaining to these guys what I`m hearing . . .

Alex Ferguson told me it was best if I went out on loan and got another year`s experience and maybe even do the same next year. Then in two years` time we`ll assess the situation and, if I`ve progressed, he`ll give me a chance. Edwin has got a two-year contract so that`s the plan.

Edwin`s been on fire, ... I`ve watched him on telly and he`s been pulling loads of saves out to be fair to him - that save from Andy Cole was unbelievable - so I`m looking forward to getting up to Manchester to do a bit of work with them all.

I`ve watched him on telly and he`s been pulling loads of saves out to be fair to him - that save from Andy Cole was unbelievable - so I`m looking forward to getting up to Manchester to do a bit of work with them all.

[Talking about meditation practices] It`s always difficult. To feel, rather than to think, to tap into that source and let it come through you. It takes courage. Because we feel it and then we get scared and we analyze it. We live in this thought web, we identify things and put them away and distance ourselves from them. But to be completely present? That is source, that is art, that is spirituality. And meditation is a way to defy fear and experience that source. *Laughs* I know this is all esoteric and weird.

[On acting and his role in Alpha Dog (2006)] "It is cathartic. You do learn a lot. This part in particular was a lot of realizing where man`s weaknesses, where my weaknesses, are. The best direction that Nick gave me was, "you`re a fast car that doesn`t handle well." So I just went for it. But if I try to over-intellectualize it, my heart leaves it. Because when I was in it, I was possessed."