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

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

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.

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.

Seeing someone happy on set is just a very small slice of the reality of an actor's life.

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 find life so shocking in general. Everything about it surprises me.