When I turned 18, I skipped my party to take my girlfriend on a road trip. It turned out to be an amazing birthday.

I don't love LA. I love New York and Minneapolis, so if I have a choice I'll stay in those places.

I get bored with the same old film coming out every weekend. It feels like it's the same story all the time, and the same visuals, and the characters' dilemmas are remarkably similar.

Not living in L.A. gives me a different perspective. I'm not so caught up in the daily process of self-congratulations that's out there.

You know, honestly, acting in film is remarkably independent. You're doing your thing and someone else is doing their thing.

I see movies all the time that manipulate you by playing a high note on the piano or some string instrument, and suddenly you're crying. I'm sick of being told what to think.

My musical tastes go from Zeppelin to Bob Dylan to Kanye West and Lil' Wayne. Anything modern and progressive.