Q: Everyone, of course, knows you so well from your role in the TV series Wings, but now we are seeing you more on the big screen. 13 Ghosts is a pretty scary film. What attracted you to this project? I don't think that you have ever done a horror movie before.
A: That's exactly one of the things that attracted me to it. I hadn't ventured into the genre before so I was curious about it. I like the material; I like the fact that there was something at the centre, that there was a family with a real situation. My character is a widower who has kind of lost everything and has checked out emotionally and there's a real arc to the character because he ends up in such a different place by the end of the movie. I thought that would be a real strength, a real asset, that the audience actually has characters to plug into based on reality.

Q: You never have really been given the chance to play the hero before. Are you going to start giving Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger a run for their money?
A: Ya, I'm looking at a Van Damme movie. No I'm just kidding. I try to choose my projects by looking for things that are different, nothing that I have done before. If it's familiar in any way or if there is something about it that makes it strange and unique. For example, I just did a Coen Brothers film The Man Who Wasn't There with Billy Bob Thornton. I just loved it. The experience was so different for me.

Q: This being a considerably scary movie, I was wondering if there is anything that scares you?
A: White rappers terrify me! No, You know what to me is the most disturbing thing is negativity. People's general outlook becoming negative and bleak, which is something that really scares me. I like to try and keep focused on the light.

Q: You mentioned The Man Who Wasn't There. How did you enjoy working with the Coen Brothers on this film?
A: I shot that last summer with Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand and James Gandolfini and it's a Coen Brothers movie. There's really no other way to explain it. It's a film noir with a really interesting story. It takes place in 1949 and its all in black and white. It was a great period for black and white with the clothes, and the car and the hair. It's beautiful. I play a criminal defence lawyer named Freddy Reidenschneider who is pretty confident with his lawyering skills. I am very proud of it.