My favorite films are when all of the technicalities are so seamless and so well done that I'm not thinking about them - you're able to go full-on into the story versus talking about edgy this moment was.

In L.A., being an actor is like a pastime, everybody there is like, "I was on this reality show; I'm an actor." It becomes a word that is loosely thrown around.

I realized that once I graduated from college, there might be a period of time where people might typecast me or be more limiting, and I might not be able to play a crazy character. For me, it was important to do that at least in school.

I think even when I was little there was signs that I was an artist. I've always been an artist.

My view of myself as an artist expanded because of the time I spent at Cal Arts.

[In New York,] when you say you're an actor, there's a certain level of respect that goes with that.

I wasn't even a theater kid in high school. I studied classical piano, and I ran track.