I’ve been fortunate to work with several actors and directors who I look up to, and learned from each of them.

I know I am always pumped, as an audience member, to go and see a Western.

Listening to hard rock on the subway doesn’t work for me, especially modern hard rock. Driving in L.A. helped me to understand the appeal of that music.

I think control is a two-way street; sometimes people want to control things to keep them safe if they are afraid of life.

The way Hollywood works, you’re never sure if their first thought is to make a great film and honor the material or just another business property.

I think was overly empathetic for a while in my life.

I think you sometimes have to go hit rock bottom before you can grow and rebuild as a person.

I don’t have any tattoos.

I do like the idea of consequence and how our actions play themselves out, but I am completely scared of knowing what the future would be like. I would never go near a fortune teller,...

I think that one of the strangest things about being an actor is, it’s almost freelance work.

As people, no matter what we are doing, your whole body is living and breathing.

I’ve definitely had mentors, whether parents or friends or actors who I like.

I know I’d like to direct a film at some point, and maybe I’ll write it.

On ‘There Will Be Blood,’ I was cast at the last minute. I had 3 and a half to 4 days to get ready for the first day. I just went for it, threw myself...

One of my favorite things I read was John Steinbeck’s journals while he was writing ‘East of Eden,’ which was so cool.

Theater is hard.

I tore my ACL playing basketball.

There are maybe 100 actors I look up to, but my first two favourite actors were Dustin Hoffman and Jack Nicholson.