When I can't immediately define the character, and there's an element of mystery to it and still a lot to be explored, that's when I say yes.

(Acting) certainly comes-100 percent-from the need to be loved. Any actor who says this isn't true is lying.

Yes, I can play younger than my age. But I can play characters older than I am, too. I'm not an actor who can just play the kid.

If we do not act together, we will surely perish.

It's interesting in this day and age to do a film about political espionage and wiretapping. I don't think that those types of secrets that J. Edgar Hoover was able to obtain and keep for such a long period of time would be possible in today's world, with the Internet and WikiLeaks.

As a little kid growing up in Hollywood, I was called 'a little crazy'. And now I guess I'm still that way.

I like to prepare as much as possible beforehand, but there's definitely that element of fear when you're on set, and you have to be conscious of it and use that fear to drive you to work harder.