It's always better to shock people and change people's expectations than to give them exactly what they think you can do.

People who are just in a restaurant that you would never know are international arms dealers is kind of interesting, they're at the table next to you and you have no idea, you never know what everyone's up to.

Once you make a movie like 'Superbad,' when it's popular and you're the lead, you get offered all kinds of things and there's a temptation to make bad movies either for the money or to maintain your relevance in pop culture.

I think it's kind of strange when people talk about how hyped-up the movie is. It almost sets you up for a bigger fall.

My heroes are Bill Murray and Dustin Hoffman. Those are the two actors that both do comedies and dramas, seamlessly. Also John C. Reilly and Philip Seymour Hoffman. They're all just great actors, neither comedic nor dramatic. They're just great actors.

I am a filmmaker fanatic. I have never been star-struck by an actor once in my entire life.

I'm a different actor than you thought I was. Don't put me in a box. I'm not just some kid running around screaming curse words.