I just love to act. It's my favorite thing to do in the world, and what keeps it interesting, to me, is the creative challenge. So, different kinds of characters, that's what I just love to do.

Most scripts are bad. I read a lot of them.

This overwhelming desire to be close to you directly conflicts with my intense fear of people.

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

A lot of movies try to set up a world with cool sets, costumes, camera work. In Brick, the world is born from the words.

I just love to act. It's my favorite thing to do in the world, and what keeps it interesting, to me, is the creative challenge. So, different kinds of characters, that's what I just love to do.

Real life is not like a movie. Even the best movies, the most rich, fleshed-out movies are not as rich and nuanced as detailed as real life or an actual human being.