I like playing characters that, you know, a couple could go see the movie and one person could love him and one person could hate him.

I would never remake something that was like "The Godfather." Things that are truly important to me, I could never remake or reboot, or whatever.

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'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 started writing and acting in these little plays and then I was discovered by Dustin Hoffman. He got me my first audition for a film he was in, called 'I Heart Huckabees.'

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.