I thought acting was what grownups did. It was such a part of my childhood. I was already in love with performing before I knew there were other options. By then, it was too late.

What I love about the way they both [Paul Thomas Anderson and Joaquin Phoenix] work is that all of the monkey business is on film. There's no monkey business outside of the monkey business of making the movie. There's no ego bullshit, there's no wasted energy. It's all directed at the story and that's rare.

It's weird. I feel like people assume if a character is very different than you, that means it's difficult to get into their head or into their skin.

I've never had to talk about my work, nobody's given a damn about it - you know, what I thought. I find that I sort of like that, to get to keep it to myself. It's a bit bizarre.

I look back at my adolescence, and Im shocked at the things I did that were my idea of adult behavior.

So when things start going badly, you're invested in the characters in a way I think amplifies the horror and the fear because you're invested.

I didn’t find it difficult to live in the “Inherent Vice” world or play those scenes, because they just seemed so real.