There is a danger, if you cast someone who is 18, 19 or 20 to play 14 or 15, that very subtly, almost unconsciously, the audience is, "Oh, this isn't so bad."

I didn't want to be a victim of my own message [in Trust film]. I didn't want to take advantage of a 14-year-old actor. I didn't want there to be any nudity, or any real overt violence. I think it's more terrifying that there is no violence, in that moment. There's control and there's power, but there's no violence.

I find America falling in love with a TV show flattering and interesting, but at the same time a little sad.

I had a mustache when I was 13.

I was a geek in high school.

I don't think I responded very well to the sudden celebrity, the sudden fame, and the loss of privacy.

If I'm going to do something, I really put everything into it and I want it to mean something to me.