TEEN PEOPLE: Two fallen angels find a loophole in God’s plan. Alanis Morissette plays God, and Clerks sidekicks Jay and Silent Bob play prophets – it’s no surprise there’s some uproar over your flick! What do you think of the charges of blasphemy?

BEN AFFLECK: You’d have to have the sense of humor of the Ayatolah to take this movie all that seriously. It’s clearly farcical, clearly warm-hearted.

TEEN PEOPLE: Salma, were you worried about how your native Mexico – traditionally considered to be a very religious country – might receive the film?

SALMA HAYEK: The new generations are very different, not the stereotype of what people normally think of Mexico. I cannot do or not do a film because of what Mexico might think.

BEN AFFLECK: See, that’s why I love her.

TEEN PEOPLE: So then, why did you decide to make Dogma?

BEN AFFLECK: It’s nice to be in a movie that feels like it has substance, when so many movies are so homogeneous. It raises the issue of personal responsibility and accountability – who’s responsible for our actions? It’s one of those things that there aren’t really answers to, there are only ruminations on the subject.

SALMA HAYEK: We’ve been on this planet for two thousand years. We still can’t figure out what we’re doing here, what is the purpose of this whole adventure and who put us here in the first place. Dogma has so many philosophical ideas, it can make people think. I don’t think this movie is going to change anybody’s perspective of the world – movies shouldn’t do that anyhow!