At 27, it's great to get to a place where I'm not an actor for hire anymore.

Tarantino's stuff in its inception was all about finding a way for him to break into Hollywood.

Granted, there are times when, for business reasons, you do something that's more mainstream. But even then, I try to find something that has a dark or subversive aspect.

You know, social issue movies don't make a lot of money.

Tarantino's movies, I really enjoy, certainly, and when I was 19 and 20, I was really into them.

To me, White Boy Shuffle is sort of like Catcher in the Rye, the story is so universal.

But I'm not particularly comfortable around guns.