There's an idea about who I am that's eternally projected onto me, and then I almost feel like I have to fulfill that role. Even when things come out of my mouth, I want to be sure I'm saying exactly what I mean.

Hate me for who I am, I don't care. At least I'm not pretending to be someone I'm not.

You're literally being an actor - you're pretending - and that's not what I like to do.

It's a funny thing: You want so badly for people to see what you do - you're proud of it - and I like the effect that movies have on people. But the attention can also make me uncomfortable.

You can't really be too calculated about everything in life.

I don't want to be Angelina Jolie. Not that Angelina Jolie is not the most talented, beautiful, successful, amazing, admirable person who does good things for the world, but I don't want to be a movie star like that.

I think it's cool to come out of somewhere where you're being pushed into this mold and then you figure out in that who you are.