Our lives are not just measured in years. They are measured in the lives we touch around us.

I'm so sick of the words 'gay' and 'lesbian'. They're just people... One day I want my son to come home from school and be like, 'I found this guy, and I love him.' And I'm gonna be like, 'Yes, you do, and that's ok.'

My mom is the greatest mom in the whole wide world. She's done everything for me to make my dreams come true.

Everybody has their own problems. No matter how big you think yours are, there is someone else that has bigger problems or different problems.

Growing up in the acting world, you have a lot of opportunities to change who you are and what you believe in based on how people treat you. I never wanted to do that.

As an actor, you're always playing different people, so you yourself are always kind of going through an identity crisis.

At times when you're adapting a book into a movie, you have to take certain creative liberties to bridge the gap between the two forms of media.