I went through this realization that acting, at its heart, is the ability to manipulate your own emotions.

I just don't like the feeling of knowing something that somebody else doesn't.

My favorite actors are actors who are enigmatic and mysterious and never make the obvious choice in terms of the projects they do or who they work with or their craft. But I think that the less I know about an actor, the more chance I have of allowing their own persona to kind of slip away so I can get completely lost in the character they're playing, and the more that people think they know about your personal life, the more difficult it becomes to preserve that.

I love musicals, I started acting because I wanted to be in a musical.

I'm happiest when I have something to focus my energy on.

Every actor has a production company already. It's just a matter of producing your own films under the label of your own production company.

I've always loved Louisiana and particularly New Orleans, and I think a lot of people when they travel there, think they're home there - there are just so many spirits, it's so rich in culture. It's steeped in a true spirit of individuality that makes this country. It's the oldest part of our story, in a way. And being in that climate, it was really conducive to letting our imaginations soar. I found it to be the true inspiration.