It's hard to kill that father-son bond.

In the military, you learn the essence of people. You see so many examples of self-sacrifice and moral courage. In the rest of life you don't get that many opportunities to be sure of your friends.

Juilliard definitely emphasizes the theater. They don't train - at all really - for film acting. It's mostly process-oriented, pretty much for the stage.

I originally passed on 'Girls' because I thought TV was evil.

If I'm not doing something or working on something, I literally just sit in the room and think, which I don't think is productive. I won't go outside for days.

What is important is to maintain integrity of the story, of the character, of the movie, even if it's a big production.

Yeah, September 11 happened and all my friends were like, 'Let's join the military!' and I was the only one who actually did.