Q+a Woody Harrelson

The 43-year-old actor plays an FBI agent in After the Sunset, which opens on Nov. 12

SI : You've been in Wildcats, White Men Can't Jump and To the Bone. What makes a good sports movie?

Harrelson : You have to have a balance between the sport and what's going in the character's life. Too much of one or the other can sink a sports film.

SI : You also costarred in Kingpin (below). What are the ingredients for a great bowling movie?

Harrelson : Well, it helps to have the Farrelly Brothers .

SI : Ron Shelton , who directed you in White Men Can't Jump, told SI that when it comes to basketball, you're a slow white guy who knows how to play the game. Is that an accurate scouting report?

Harrelson : I am sneaky slow, but I do love the game. I still play as much as I can.

SI : After White Men everyone on the court must have wanted a piece of you, right?

Harrelson : That was the worst thing about the movie for me. Every time I went to play, the expectation was so high, I couldn't handle the pressure. I'd play terrible. I wasn't in the zone, as [his character] Billy Hoyle would say.

SI : What's your take on athletes who smoke marijuana?