I`m in the movies that they dump. Last year we came out on the worst date, with Paparazzi . This year, we`re like a week away from the worst date. We`ll see. What can you do?

Yeah, ... But first we`ve got to make some money and promote this thing the right way. ... I`m thinking about [Friday] the 26th and opening this thing up when it`s strong, and we`ll go from there.

[LOS ANGELES -] I`m in the movies that they dump, ... Last year we came out on the worst date, with `Paparazzi.` This year, we`re like a week away from the worst date. We`ll see. What can you do?

It`s all a learning process for me, ... This is only the second film that I`ve starred in and I`m learning every time how to talk to people, how to get my point across without being too strong, but making sense - all of the things that you learn as an actor coming up in the business. There`s different ways to approach different people. I think as a lead in the film you have to be smart in the way you do that.

I`m excited about having an hour and a half of me. It`s been a long road, and I`ve definitely worked my ass off to get where I am. - On his first leading role in Paparazzi (2004).

Romania has a distinctive smell on its own, ... You`re in confined places with guys. ... I don`t think there`s too much body deodorant in Romania. It was definitely an experience as far as being in tight quarters with a lot of people, grown men.

We know more about outer space than we know about our Earth, ... Talking to the real people, the cave divers who do a lot in the West Isles, they truly are Earth`s astronauts. They`re out there exploring Earth and trying to find new places that nobody`s ever seen before, and it`s pretty amazing. What they`ve done in the last 10 years is groundbreaking.

[This] is a whole different medium than I`ve seen in `Alien,` `Pitch Black,` you name all the sci-fi films that have come out; this is a whole different thing. It`s on our own planet, so you can relate to some of what`s going on, and I think the smart thing about the movie is that it relates to the average person.

Romania has a distinctive smell on its own, ... Driving to set stunk and then getting to set stunk even worse. You`re in confined places with guys. And Europeans are not noted for their hygiene. I don`t think there`s too much body deodorant in Romania. It was definitely an experience as far as being in tight quarters with a lot of people, grown men.

Mellow out. If you don`t make yourself interesting to those guys they`ll leave you alone,

It`s all a learning process for me. This is only the second film that I`ve starred in and I`m learning every time how to talk to people, how to get my point across without being too strong, but making sense -- all of the things that you learn as an actor coming up in the business. There`s different ways to approach different people. I think as a lead in the film you have to be smart in the way you do that.

(On working on the set of Pitch Black (2000)) "Learning to use all of those weapons and looking like a professional mercenary. It`s always fun to play someone like an action hero that you always wanted to play as a child. I think every young boy loves that as a kid. An additional positive experience I had was visiting Australia and exposing myself to that part of the world".