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

I don't believe that wishing works. I think we get the things we work for.

I was molded, spent my time underneath a lot of goo. And then the bits and pieces were sculpted. It took probably 10 days to create each character after all those camera tests.

Of course I was a dork, but that's OK. Because all the coolest people I know were dorks.

The test audience holds a great deal of power in the process of filmmaking in the United States.

You can't see any movie nowadays really without it having some sort of CGI treatment, albeit whether it's a creature or an environment, something like that. To make a point, sort of poetically in that case, but clearly it was a drama and how do you approach it? Well, I think what you're supposed to do is what the text dictates. What you bring to it and everything you need to know should be there, and pay attention to your director.

As sophisticated as the technology gets, the less sophisticated you have to become as an actor.