My teenage years were exactly what they were supposed to be. Everybody has their own path. It's laid out for you. It's just up to you to walk it.

You cannot make a difference unless you're different.

I have really great, great parents, and they were very supportive of me.

I grew up in Tennessee, and if you didn't play football, you were a sissy. I got slurs all the time because I was in music and art...I was an outcast in a lot of ways...but everything that you get picked on for or you feel makes you weird is essentially what's going to make you sexy as an adult.

I sort of dreamed about directing before my career as an actor took off. I've directed stage before in so many capacities on tours. I put that together. You have to. Otherwise, it's your statement. It's your voice, and that has to come through.

If I'm not learning from something that I'm doing, then that means I've done it before. Do something different, even if it's within the same medium.

I'm a perfectionist. I can't help it, I get really upset with myself if I fail in the least.