For the most part, there's so much of me in my characters.

Auditioning is the worst.

I have a deep respect for musicians, and I feel like I would want to be so prepared and so well-educated and deep in the process before I ever release anything.

I don't think that there's been one example in history where somebody has openly talked about their personal life and it's done them any good.

Sometimes I look at where we've come to, and how much technology and advancement there is, and I can't believe that we're not this perfectly balanced, beautiful, peaceful society. I'm shocked that we're so deeply polarized, that there are people who want progress and they feel guilty for wanting progress, because it somehow seems un-American, because being American means staying ignorant and going backward.

In elementary and high school, I never considered acting as a profession.

The minute you feel like there's nothing left to learn, whether it's with your career or life, you're done.