It's good filmmaking when you don't have to say anything and you can still tell the story.

But this is a little different. This is the adult acting. This is a different crowd. It's more work and more good work. That's it. People will have their opinion regardless.

I'm still in the middle of the transition. I'm still in man-boy mode. And that won't go away for a while. But it's a fun time to be in, because it's very rare that people get to work through this time. It's rare to see a John Cusack in Say Anything. It's rare that you'd find an actor right in the cusp of the child-to adult transition, just got through puberty, just getting into a different way of life. There's few movies like that, and few roles like that, so it's going to be tough to pick and choose. I guess the goal is good people, work with good people.

People were going to geometry class and I was swimming through vats of chili on 'Even Stevens.' It was like a dream!

I'm a little territorial and defensive.

To be an actor, a true actor, you have to be brokenhearted.

Any time you're a type, your career's over.