I'm kind of the funny guy that hopefully kind of wins your heart if I did my job.

I think Hollywood sees so many parts of America through a very narrow prism. The South is no exception. And those stereotypes, while sometimes true, are exaggerated for me to the point of boredom.

I don't take a scene or word for granted.

I think I'm much too earnest to be as cool as 'Boyd Crowder'.

For violent people to make themselves vulnerable, and then to have that vulnerability be used against them, bad things can happen.

You can go to a history class with one teacher and want to stick a pencil in your throat, and then go to another teacher who is able to contextualize it or deliver the message in a way that you're riveted.

I listen to music cinematically. I think about music and how it would make me feel when it's put to an image, a moving image, and I love it.