I always think back to the original movies and to those quieter moments where Luke is out in A New Hope, and there are the two suns setting. It is the equivalent, basically, of a farm boy dying to get out of his small town and do something bigger. It's those kinds of universal themes that ground this whole thing in space.

I always found something strangely paternal about the director-actor relationship. Actors want so much approval.

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.

For me, becoming a man had a lot to do with learning communication, and I learned about that by acting.

Acting is a business and a political act and a craft, but I also feel like it's a service - specifically, for a military audience.

I was born in California. When I was six, we moved to a small town in northern Indiana called Mishawaka.

I feel like I'll never get over red carpets. They're so bizarre and awkward.