I screen tested for Training Day many years ago, which was David Ayer's script with Antoine Fuqua directing.

[ Being naked on scene ] was like walking a tightrope without a net - with a giant fan blowing at you.

The best love advice I've ever received is probably, 'I'm not leaving the relationship; I'm just leaving the house.'

I'm a nerd. But I'm not that hard-core.

I quit because that thing inside of me that was driving me to drink that way was causing me so much pain that I was starting to get afraid for my own life, and my own health. It wasn't necessarily one instance. It was a lot that had piled up.

I wanted to work with somebody who seemed like he came from the same place that I did, which is that total immersion and learning about the world around, from this very gritty, dark side, and had access to that.

I wouldn't tell anyone to study werewolves - I studied wolves, how they moved, their tendencies and sensibilities.