John Travolta on Domestic Disturbance

Domestic Disturbance is a film about trust - and that's an issue that interests me. It's about my character not trusting the new husband (Vince Vaughn) of my ex-wife Susan (Teri Polo, below). And about how far I will go to protect my son (Matthew O'Leary).

Trust in business is an interesting topic. I have to trust people - 'I trust that you will finish this special effect by Tuesday.' And there are areas where people have to trust me, of course. They trust that I will do this interview .

In the same way that journalists may not want to interview a celebrity because you don't care for him or her, there are films I don't care for so I say no to them. I was just offered Chicago, for example. But I don't want to make Chicago. So if I decide to make a film like Domestic Disturbance, I have to trust that the studio will support the film. If they don't put money into advertisements, and I go out and talk about it, then it's just a test in futility. But if I know they love the movie too, that's fine. If I go home after today and see the ad on television or see a billboard, I know that the studio is doing its job.

I like this film so much that I went on a very different promotional tour for it. I visited five fire stations, and an Army base. That was to support the firemen and the military after September 11. Of course it's a fine line when you have a film to promote. But I was very touched and moved by those firemen because they had put other people's lives ahead of their own. And I thought, 'Well, I'd do that for my children'. And that's what Domestic Disturbance is about, of course.