I've never had issues with popularity. I was always a popular guy... I've always had friends and loved ones and everything, so it wasn't like, "Oh man, I gotta fill some void that was left by high school." I had a great high-school experience.

I don't like to compare things to other things. It always sounds arrogant in print.

I grew up in the '80s in L.A., so Ice Cube and Magic Johnson are my heroes.

I think morality is so individual and personal, and people draw their own lines of what that means for them.

When you're looking for stories or movies usually the great stories are about people in their 30s or 40s because they've lived more life and they're usually accomplishing more incredible things. But when there's an interesting story about someone that's your age, you immediately - especially when you're younger - are like, "Wow that's crazy! There's not very many of these."

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.

I'm very, very attracted to morally ambiguous characters, not just pure bad guys or pure good guys.