David Arquette: Fatherhood- Friendly

By Serena Kappes

05/06/1998 at 12:00 AM EDT

Despite tabloid rumors that their almost two-year-old marriage is on the rocks, David Arquette, 29, says that he and "Friends" star Courteney Cox Arquette, 36, have plans to bring a baby on board. "Definitely, we're gonna have kids soon -- in the next year or so," he told PEOPLE.com at a press event for his new comedy, "See Spot Run" (which opened on Friday and did quite well over the weekend, snagging the No. 2 spot). Arquette said that working with pint-sized co-star Angus T. Jones on the film got his paternal clock ticking. "One time I had to carry him and we were trying to run away from bad guys and I dropped him by accident. He scraped his knee and I felt terrible." The actor, who has slapsticked his way through the wrestling romp "Ready to Rumble" and a series of wacky AT&T TV commercials, will take a serious turn in the upcoming Holocaust drama "The Grey Zone," costarring Harvey Keitel, Mira Sorvino and Steve Buscemi. "It was the most intense experience of my life," he explained about making the film, which was shot in Bulgaria. "It brought up a lot of emotion just learning about that darkness in history."