I did get bullied and I did get picked on and I did have that feeling in my gut of being incredibly self-conscious. I naturally gravitated towards my elders because I didn't know how to speak or be present with my peers.

The minute I ever start thinking about what a character would do is the minute I bring my ego into play. It's the minute I'm putting a judgment on something.

If I was just considered a looker and wasn't considered an actor, where would I be in 10 or 20 years from now?

It doesn't matter if a critic pans or praises my movies, I am only concerned about that one audience member and what their experience is.

I'm 100 percent Irish by birth, grew up Italian, and yet I constantly get cast as playing Jewish.

I've been given so much, and if I can just give back a tenth of what I've been given, then it's all worth it.

I don't really prepare for roles. I just kind of do them!