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.

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

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

I used to eat a whole chicken every day, for lunch. I did that for four years. But it got tiring - go to the store, buy it, eat it. It’s a mess.

I don't have cable. I just never watched a lot of TV.

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.

It was very clear to me I wanted to be an actor when I got out into civilian life.