Years ago I was going to play Chet Baker in another movie and I really felt drawn to that character and the script is good and I met with Robert and we seemed simpatico and we developed. But I had a real passion for that role and that brought me deep into that film 'cause I got the sense that Robert Budreau was going to really let me be creative inside this part.

How to make a scary movie human, take a movie like Sinister. How can I make that guy so real so that the scary elements of it are more scary and it functions as a genre movie - as the way it's supposed to, you want to hear a ghost story at midnight, that's a good one - but how do you fill it up with humanity inside, in staying true to the genre? You know? Does that make sense?

In your mid-twenties, the paint is still wet on who you are.

Most of us float with the river and there are a few people who move the river. Robert DeNiro is definitely one of them.

I'd be lying if I said I had confidence in every choice I've made, that I have faith in every film I do on every shot.

Give your heart to everybody you meet. The rest is pretense.

I'm always trying to look for how I can find human stories that aren't just dramas.