It was helpful to have the confidence of youth that came from a lack of desperation. I thought, 'If I don't succeed, I'll go back to school and study.'

You really just have to love the process. I can't tell you the amount of film sets I've been on where people are talking about Oscars in the middle of the production. It happens all the time.

My dad is Irish. I spent my childhood going back and forth between Ireland and America.

I consider my education to be the first 10 years of my career.

Anything that becomes an obstacle in life is only an opportunity to learn and it's the same in any profession I think.

Oh God, to think that you only fall in love once in your entire life is such a depressing thought.

I feel like the luckiest person on the planet. 'Tron' was such a departure for me.