The negative about acting is that you have to spend a great deal of time away from your friends and loved ones.

I like to cook Vietnamese pho or vegetarian curries. I need to cook more but I need somebody to cook with.

I've always had a social awareness. My favorite channel on TV is BBC News 24. For a while, I had to have it on repeat in my house. I've always been interested in what's going on in the world.

I'd love to work with Paul Thomas Anderson or Quentin Tarantino, but these are dreams I don't need to rush to achieve. I'll be ready to make those movies when I'm ready to make those movies and they're ready to make them with me, if they ever want to.

Sometimes a script comes along that really makes you sit up and pay attention... 'Life at These Speeds' has an emotional intensity that really kicked me in the guts.

When you're forced to watch something in school, you never really enjoy it, you sort of rebel against it in a certain way.

Each character you play has its own set of characteristics, for want of a better word.