Movies are different from real life.

Hollywood has the idea that movies have to be dumb. But especially movies for or about teenagers have to be really dumb!

I didn't really like doing commercials. You had to behave like you were on angel dust or something.

Actors didn't use to be celebrities. A hundred years ago, they put the theaters next to the brothels.

I was studying for the SAT's and learning lines.

We couldn't afford test screenings. This is a relatively low-budget movie [Don Jon]. But what we did have was the festival circuit.

Media used to be one way. Everyone else in the world just had to listen. Now the internet is allowing what used to be a monologue to become a dialogue. I think that's healthy.