Our culture has a tendency to pigeonhole people and to try to tear down anybody who's breaking out of our comfort zone. That's why we get into these cultural ruts that end up being destructive prejudices. But breaking out of that comfort zone is the most rewarding thing you can do, in your life. I do my best to push myself, when I can.

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

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

For context, the budget of Don Jon is about half the budget of (500) Days of Summer. And (500) Days of Summer is about a third of the budget of the lowest-budget movies produced at a major studio.

If I were to point to the person who's having the greatest impact... I'd point to Elon Musk.

I find the voice is what I look for first and foremost with just about every character I play.

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