The nature of evil, the nature of it, it exists. It exists and I think within us we have the tools. If we have the will, we can combat it. I think the power is within us and it lies in our own conceptualization of God and positivity and compassion and love.

You earn very little money on independent films and I'm the provider for my home, so I do have to think of taking one for the accountant time and again and that means studio pictures.

Do I pray? Yes. Prayer is very important to me.

I bet you could look at every single thing I've ever done and reduce it to that parenting schematic.

I feel my fuller-bodied characters are all in the independent films I do, and in the studio productions, I have to work harder to dimensionalize the characters. And that's certainly part of the job description of an actor - that's what you're supposed to do - but you have to work harder at it in the characters that I've encountered in studio films.

You dont have to be gay to be attracted to your friend.

I didn't grow up watching film but as a Ukrainian-American, music and stories and dance are crucial.