I've just done a movie - Albino Alligator - with Viggo Mortensen, who's an actor I idolize. He influenced me in a way that has helped me move toward getting lead parts instead of supporting parts, merely through his presence. So now I tell everyone, as a joke, that I'm entering my Viggo Mortensen phase.

The more you understand me, the less characters I can play.

I think people could justify labeling me if they saw a pattern in what I do, but right now that's impossible.

I think Im extremely vulnerable and that in some ways I seek out rejection. Never feeling like youre getting that pat on the back from dad is probably at the heart of that. Im working through it, which is good. As an actor, I think that you want to keep your demons to some extent, but you also have to exorcise them so you can use them instead of them using you.

Ultimately, it's a pretty confusing moment.

In this business, you're either Brad Pitt right away, or you're already going down the ladder.

I'm an actor, coming from New York theater.