I'm extremely blessed. There's a lot of people trying to exactly what I'm doing, but I'm a part of that 9.1 percent that's actually having their dream come true. I just don't take that for granted.

I want people to leave the theater and think, "How can I be a better person?" That's the only way things are going to improve.

I want to do more films.

That's probably why my face was looking so crazy when I was crying [in "Hardball"] because it was some real.

[Kyle Chandler]definitely helped me out a lot, stepped up my game. Just like the volleying back and forth.

I was born in Orange County - in Santa Ana. My dad is from California. I was raised on the East Coast. My first two years were in California, but I claim East Coast. I'm sorry, I don't rep California.

As human beings, why does it take somebody to feel like they're close to us for us to see their humanity? Why can't we see the humanity in people that are distant from us?