I would act whether or not I was paid. I would be involved in ensemble groups. I would have the desire to tell stories.

Ian McKellen is brilliant with research. I paid really close attention to the sources he goes to. He's a very, very intelligent man.

Horrible things happen, but were they horrible? No, they were just circumstances of the world.

I'm starting to judge success by the time I have for myself, the time I spend with family and friends. My priorities aren't amending; they're shifting.

I felt a gravitational pull to the material so that there's a certain element of acting that's not really necessary. I've really liked this in foreign movies before or I've observed others working with them and I've noticed that there's a method that goes on where the actors try and get the children, like the child actor, to interact with them in a real way. It seems like you're the adult trying to get the kid to fall in love with him.

They had a hard time miking me in my loin cloth, I mean, where were they gonna tape it?

I've been grateful enough, smart enough to take the work with Ian McKellen in Gods And Monsters.