It's worth paying attention to the roles that are sort of dictated to us and that we don't have to fit into those roles. We can be anybody we wanna be.

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

I knew that if I wanted to really maintain control, I would have to keep the budget down. And I did. And I feel very fortunate that - y'know, this movie [Don Jon] - frame for frame, line for line - is exactly what I wanted it to be. Nobody made me change anything.

But I would encourage anyone who has a crush on my character to watch it again and examine how selfish he is.

We can be anybody we wanna be.

As soon as you are trying to be funny or dramatic, that's when things start feeling fake and boring.

Movies are different from real life.