Tilda Swinton is a great example of a person who completely disappears into a role.

I didn't want to go to college. I wanted to move to Los Angeles right out of high school.

I'm a believer in the parent first, friend second philosophy, and trying to find that balance.

Be willing to work for nothing in things you think are stupid. Make work for yourself. Make your own luck. Don't complain. Hopefully, the work will find you if you are ready.

As the lead of a movie, you really set the tone off-camera as well, and that's a really big responsibility.

I knew I wanted to be an actor, and I didn't necessarily need or want to be famous or a celebrity actor. But I wanted to be somewhere where there would be no ceiling on what I could accomplish, and I felt like if I stayed in St. Louis I might have a really great regional theater career or something, but that I wasn't going to be able to get much further than that. And it felt like New York and L.A. were the two places where you could end up being a TV star or you could end up doing regional theater, which would have been fine as well.

Even in college I tended to get cast in the comedies more. It was what I liked doing.