It's weird how an actor can read a script and think 'it's really good, it's really funny, that's going to be really dramatic...' and then you get there and say: "Oh, I have to get in it? I have to get in the water?! Are you kidding?"

Any time you can completely immerse yourself in something it's fun.

I think a mantra I always told myself is, "No matter how many times somebody pitches the ball at you, if you swing every time, eventually one of them is going to connect." Being yourself and persistence are two things that became my daily mantras, I suppose.

I wanted to be a journalist for a long time.

If you have created an image of yourself at 13 and it is still with you at 17, it needs to be dropped.

Your credit card, your inbox, your Hotmail.com are not particularly secure. We are being watched; it's just a part of life.

I don't think many people can say they've been the lead in a Spielberg film and still been able to live their normal life that they had before.