I buy myself a present whenever I don't get a role that I really wanted.

Warren [Beatty] was very adamant and very encouraging of me to direct. It's definitely something that I'd like to pursue more in the future.

Basically, Beautiful Creatures was the first lead that I had since Tetro, and it was a lesson in seeing what it's like to film a movie that's of a much bigger scale. It was a good initiation.

[ Being director] is really reassuring to me that it's just about who is right for that role and less about if you ace the audition. It's just about getting to know people, not about who's a better actor a lot of the time. It's about who fits that particular suit, you know?

That's a lot more legitimate than the retail therapy I do.

[Woody Allen] does very few takes, and he doesn't give a whole ton of directions, although he does give direction.

There's a lot of complicated magical reasons why I'm not at the party that are too long and semantic to go into.