People want you to be a crazy, out-of-control teen brat. They want you miserable, just like them. They don't want heroes; what they want is to see you fall.

Portraying emotionally ill characters gives me the chance to really act.

I have no problem playing anyone who has different politics than me. In fact, I don't take that into consideration at all. You have to find something sympathetic in a man. It's that common ground you need to connect with someone.

I've got this reputation for shooting one take which is a wonderful reputation to have but it's hard to live up to.

That's the magic of moviemaking. You clearly identify one scenario with the other, and it's a completely different experience.

I'm not a big dreamer. I never have been. I remember fragments of my dream, and I try to take a traditional sort of approach to researching this project and doing preparation for it.

Protecting our future on this planet depends on the conscious evolution of our species.