Do I take care of my body and take conditioning seriously? Yes.

My mom would always say this thing about writing - and I've taken it into account in a lot of things in my life - which is just, "Make it shorter." Figure out what you are truly saying, whittle it down to the essence, then say that.

I think also what's interesting is that Maggie [Gyllenhaal] knows how much the choices that I make reflect what's going on in my life. Admittedly, probably, as my sister, and as someone who loves me - like, she can't wait to see become a father.

I walk around thinking job to job, trying to not have regrets.

It's funny to me that people find other people getting coffee really interesting, or walking their dog in the dog park.

In that way, as an actor in particular, you're powerless. And so in that way as an actor in particular you can't make mistakes.

When I was younger, I did work with coach. I went to this place called Actors Space in the Valley. I was pretty young, and we were doing acting and improvisation. But no, no I didn't go to RADA, I didn't do that. But I do now work with an acting coach, primarily for the initial intellectual connection to the material.