There's no mystery to it. Nothing more complicated than learning lines and putting on a costume.

How do we change the world? One random act of kindness at a time.

It's just the stupidest law possible... You're just making criminals out of people who aren't engaged in criminal activity. And we're spending zillions of dollars trying to fight a war we can't win! We could make zillions, just legalize it and tax it like we do liquor. It's stupid.

There's an exercise we do where someone is sat behind you and you're asked to close your eyes and fall backwards. That's acting.

If you look back on your life and where you started from it's like looking back down a mountain back to the desert floor. It's like now I can't believe I had whatever it takes or perceived whatever it took to get here.

I'm not sure that my upbringing has in itself informed my acting choices.

People say it's a movie about boxing, but... I don't agree at all. I don't think it's a movie about boxing. Boxing is like a platform. It's just a stage where this is played out.