I turned down twelve films last year... Huge money films, but I had no respect for the writer or the work.

Talent is to actors what luck is to card players. Its not really anything; its just a fictitious word that people have created and labeled things. Talent is like, you know, I never really believed in talent, I believed in drive and determination and preparation, but talent is sort of like luck.

I have a hard time with free time.

I've never been able to learn from other people's mistakes - I'm not that smart - so I usually learn by trial by fire.

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

The big thing for actors is the level of commitment. So, if you know something's already happened, there's not a whole lot of whys and hows that go down. You just innately commit 'cause it happened. It does help with commitment.

Now my dad is with me, traveling with me and a big part of this whole thing is I like to mix it up a little bit, you know. Who gets to take their father on a private jet across the country and stay in first class hotels? So we're enjoying it, but I'd stop if it's not possible.