I really do feel like Los Angeles is my home now and, as cliche as this sounds, I felt like I found myself here and I really know who I am now. There was a long period like I was drifting or floating through life, and now I feel like I have a definitive target - and future.

I love acting, so it's easy when you have a passion for it. I've always found the harder you work, the luckier you get.

I have very high standards for myself and my career.

I'm not one of those actors who asks for too many favours. So when I do, people tend to listen.

Everyone in life knows what it's like to be picked on and to feel like an outsider.

I'm drawn to a good story, really, as I hope most people are. For me, it's the story that's going to stay with you eventually, not necessarily the genre. I go to watch a film because of the story, not because it was a Western or a comedy.

I never want to be that guy at a dinner table saying, 'I wish I could have dessert.' I actually went through a stage when I would order dessert first.