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

I think some of the best actors ever were little kids.

While I'm not a celebrity, it's such a weird concept that society has cooked up for us. Astronauts and teachers are much more amazing than actors.

Normally you read a screenplay - and I read a lot of them - and the characters don't feel like people. They feel like plot devices or cliches or stereotypes.

That you can be whatever you want to be, whoever you want to be, regardless of your gender.

I think we all have a tendency to feel like, "Well, what can I do? I can't influence the government or politics in my country."

I suppose the longer anyone spends on earth, the closer we all get to becoming superfluous characters.