My first thought about acting, growing up here in New York, was theater, and I feel like I need to force myself to go get my ass kicked in a rehearsal room and do one of those plays at some point.

When somebody mentions that I did a play with George C. Scott, I'm like, it can't have happened. What was I doing on a Broadway stage at 11 years old? It's so far in the distance now.

As your career progresses, you hope that you get some more opportunity, or some more choice.

I would say that the emotional content of the film [Swiss Army Man] took me by surprise, and sometimes I would probably want to capture the unique tone of it.

I approach every role from scratch.

For me, playing a really bad character is about figuring out what brought the person to where we need him.

I think that one of the strangest things about being an actor is, it's almost freelance work.