When I was about 11, 12, we moved to Jersey City. Everywhere I go I'm an outsider.

The way I survived growing up in Jersey City was by being funny. It wasn't by being tough. Nobody thought of me as a tough kid, except for the kids I beat up.

I had older brothers who would pick on me, and injustice always boiled my blood.

It's nice having a heart and a pussy too!

It's the board I had a problem with. I could totally handle being in the water and stuff. I came here to do my own stunts. Water! Ocean! Action! Big waves! That water, that water has tamed me. You can feel that the world is connected to it.

[There is] type [of actors ]a true thespian who doesn't give a flying rat's ass what it is as long as it's deep, powerful, and painful, and they will dive in headfirst. I really respect those people. Meryl Streep is amazing at it.

The Dewey decimal system really works. So that's all I needed to know. Elementary school taught me that.