By studying psychology i want to be a better actor. There's something about studying body language and non-spoken emotion - I know the innate response. But to really study it like a science would be fun.

Having emotional connections to things that don't really exist, like looking at a green ball and really loving that green ball, and being sad whether it's around or not. Stuff like that. I've never done acting at this level before so it was a huge challenge for me. It was a hurdle to overcome just to survive.

As an actor, the minute you start getting real in interviews, you lose mystery.

Old Americana vintage gangster stuff has a fantastical feel; it feels less dirty in a way. It feels like the opera of crime.

I wasn't cocky, just confident; I went to an all black school, a white kid.

I'm a little territorial and defensive.

The hardest thing in acting is going from child actor to adult actor. It's taken me a long time.