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But I never really thought that I would be extraordinarily successful at skating, it's just something that happened, you know.

Actually, I've always wanted to be a professional skateboarder ever since I was about six.

I'd never gone as a kid to an ice rink. There was always that fear that I'd break my leg and it would affect my career.

I wanted to learn how to skate backwards and they wouldn't help me and they went off and left me on my own.

When I was skating you had to participate in every thing.

But after a few minutes of convincing myself that I really wanted to go - telling myself that I love skating and that my coach is there waiting for me - I would get up and go. And my mother would always get up and eat breakfast with me!

I remember when we were shooting 'Boogie Nights,' all of my stand-ins were wiping out all the time. I'd practice before I got to the set, but they'd just show up and put on the roller-skates, and they'd be skating over these wires and cables, so they would all fall over. It was totally dangerous.

Skating is one of those sports you unfortunately see people get stuck in.

I grew up skateboarding, but I don't even do that anymore.