Steve Zaillian is just the sweetest. A very, very wonderful and interesting director.

It can be easy and comfortable on the set and you don't go anywhere, or it can be a stress machine and all of a sudden it's a hit.

My first film role was a reporter. It's funny, because my father was a news reporter. I always thought there was something strange about that.

I think I've been able to be in some really good projects with some really good people.

I was spending three days literally just kibitzing with Jack Nicholson at a table! It was heaven! And talk about a normal guy. My God, he was just so real and cool and relaxed and fun. And he was a great performer. He's such an actor. He really was so focused on every moment. It was great.

Some friends of mine in the class ahead of me in college were auditioning for graduate school in New York, and then a few of them got into Juilliard, and it sort of opened my eyes. I didn't really know anything about it, but it opened my eyes to a possible next step after school, where I could just deepen my knowledge and also not be responsible for life and stay in school.

I'm frankly shocked that Hollywood hasn't called me to do a superhero.