You'd be surprised how difficult it is relinquish a cell phone

My dad told me, 'It takes fifteen years to be an overnight success', and it took me seventeen and a half years.

It made me have a much greater understanding of loss, of loneliness, and the level of intense tragedy that so many people have experienced in this world, I take a lot less for granted.

I try to pace myself and not work for the sake of working and stick to what inspired me prior to receiving recognition.

What guides me is to do work that's more avant-garde - things that I think are special. You can easily become a celebrity and get caught up in all that blur. I just want to work and surprise myself.

The normal routine is always the same thing whether it's on a new movie or a new job - there's always a process of getting to know one another. I think part of what makes movies special is that it is a relatively intimate environment and it's pretty short-lived - you get to know one another very quickly.

It would be terribly boring to be earnest.