You know, it's recently come into focus for me why I want to be an actor: It's because of the connection I feel to people.

I'm used to working really hard to get a role. I was always auditioning and talking my way into roles.

I don't really drink, and I've never been to a rave. I used to cut school to read Shakespeare, not to make out in the park.

I think both nature and grace live within everyone, and I always strive to be in a world of grace and compassion.

I spent a lot of the last five years on a set, and every once in a while you take stock of your life and look at what you're doing.

It's tough, acting. You have to walk two lines of a tightrope. There's the all-consuming fear of failure: I'm about to fall flat on my face. There's that and there's also confidence - you have to be confident in order to try things - and they fight each other all the time.

I always say I am a realist, and my mom says, "No, you just have anxiety."