My mom has a good way of engaging me in a conversation about the choices I make, listening, being objective and open-minded, and respecting those choices so long as they don't put me in danger.

I didn't have to audition. That's common, but it had never happened to me before. Normally, I hate auditioning. I need to stew and think... let the character develop and grow inside me.

You're encouraged to do the same kind of movies. But I would like to keep doing different things.

In New York, as long as you're not peeing in someone's doorway, everyone thinks you're a gentleman.

The first dog I had was owned by an abusive couple. He was very skittish. He wouldn't let me hold him. It was explained to me that it was because of how he was treated.

After I left LA... it was like waking up. And so I moved back east and stopped auditioning.

Great books don't make great movies. There's too much information in there.