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

You can prepare all you want, but if you never roll the dice you'll never be successful.

I got to grow up in a situation where drugs were demonic. To watch your dad go through heroin withdrawal is something that would keep you from doing any of that yourself.

I've learned a great deal about a certain type of filmmaking. But I have ambitions toward another type of filmmaking that I haven't been allowed to engage in yet.

If you can mix Hilary Duff and Gary Oldman into the same actor, that's my goal. I know it's strange to think about, but that's the goal.

I would like to be George Clooney - diplomatic. I just don't have the wherewithal yet or the inner serenity.

I feel like I'm really honest in my interviews, to a fault. I've lost friends over it. Major friends. And I'm heartbroken about that.