I went through puberty in a theme park. I'm grateful. That place was a landscape to me. I had adventures every day.

If you're making a movie about the effects of time, you kind of have to engage time as the main character.

Im glad I have an outlet. I dont think I would put my aggression elsewhere, but working on the projects I have worked on, you tend to benefit personally from trying to wrap your head around the way other people look at the world.

I think we're very complicated and we're capable of all kinds of things, and movies don't reflect that.

I don't think anyone can teach you how to be a man but a woman. You only learn by learning what they need.

I’ve been lucky, so lucky, working with [...] Rachel (McAdams) on The Notebook. A big draw for me, when I do a film, is who am I going to be opposite, because there’s only so much I can do on my own.

I don't think you can discriminate against budgets, you know? I'm an actor, I guess, so I'm just trying to play as many characters as I can. If there's a character I think I can play, and they're going to let me do it, I'll do it whether it's $10 or $1 million or more.