I look for the character to be something interesting, the script to have a good story and be original, and a director that I admire.

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.

I'm not limited by genre and it doesn't really matter what the genre is as long as the film is going to be new and have some real artistic integrity.

Honestly, I guess if you looked at my CV, I've been doing independent movies since I started. I think that I kind of took a few steps back from Hollywood as soon as it all started to come my way because I wasn't quite ready for the attention.

Some people have the meat-market mentality, so you've got to take your shirt off because it will bring girls into the theater. When that comes up on set, I challenge it.

I never really considered acting as a career. I kind of fell into it. Originally, I wanted to be a painter.