Every time I work with real Southern actors... we immediately go into white trash and we just get along really well within one night.

The original plan was that James Wan would direct the pilot [of MacGyver ] but it didn't work out, and then it did, which is great. I'm a huge fan.

I don't want to be a part of something I don't want to watch.

On the first one, X-Men: First Class, it would be James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult and I. I'd basically inhale, there would be a red flashing light, and then the stuff at the end of the hallway would just blow up. It really felt like I could do those things, but, sadly, I can't. It was a lot of fun; I got to play a superhero that I was familiar with since I was a kid. It doesn't really get much better than that.

We called my dad MacGyver when I was a kid, and I learned a lot from him. He just enjoys problem solving in that way. I do, too, which is something I inherited.

Actually there were [ in MacGyver] a lot of things about the original that focused on the character, but not too many people seem to remember that.

I always love to do my own stunts when they let me, right?