The more people say nice things about me, the more I feel it's false.

[As an actor] you're looking to crawl into an anonymous fictional person's skin, but then you have the ironic obligation to promoting the movie in such a public way that it almost undermines the initial intention of going under the radar.

I think the most important thing for an actor is reading the script and trying to figure out if you can play that character well. The last thing on my mind is if the director made good movies previously. It's not my job to know if that director's last movie was any good - it's my job to know if I can play the role.

As an actor, you have to be open to doing things where you look stupid, to be experimental.

The frustrating part of being a movie actor is waiting in your trailer to do two takes of a scene you've prepared for two months.

First rule of magic? Always be the smartest guy in the room.

I'm hardly the most notable person in 'Zombieland.' The other actors in it are way more famous than I am.