Stand By Me' was really great for me and my buddies; we'd all watch that together because that was us - we were down in the creek and hanging out every day and going on little adventures. I had about sixteen friends who are all about the same age as me and lived in a three-block radius. We spent our entire childhood down in that creek.

I just want to keep laying down really great, strong characters, and the more I go unrecognized, the better job I feel I'm doing.

I've been doing independent films for 10 years, but one out of five didn't see the light of day.

When you hire somebody, you shouldn't have to tell them [a lot of what] to do; you hire them because you like their work and all you've got to do is tweak them a little bit.

In no way do I want to draw attention to myself.

To have three movies coming out at the same time - I probably will never have that again in my life.

I really love Andrew Dominik's movies. When you work with someone whose movies you really love and who you have a lot of admiration for, you turn into putty in their hands.