When you think of the former high school football star, you think 6-foot-2, white, meathead as the model for that kind of character. Since I'm not 6-foot-2 or white, I just thought about what I could bring to it. I thought about Smash Williams from 'Friday Night Lights,' like the cocky quarterback, and played around with that.

I have an obsession with books about kids with Asperger's syndrome.

Dress like a gentleman, but my mouth is never civilized.

You're always allowed to be better.

Bright lights, they tend to burn out fast. So I shine bright, but I'm scared that it won't last.

When anybody pays you to be creative, you're very lucky.

I have to say it's better to be an actor, only because people worry about what time you go to sleep and what you dress like. As opposed to a writer, where it's like, "Oh I'm in my New York University sweatshirt and I'm not wearing pants." You're not worried about what you're eating or anything. It's all a part of your process.