I do not have the angst and the anxiety of my youth. I've gotten to a place where I'm very comfortable with who I am.

'The Portrait of Dorian Grey' beautifully articulates how the altruistic part of ourselves clashes with our essentially narcissistic state.

I try to leave a light footprint. I'm involved with Global Green, which aims to educate people about sustainable building and the greening of schools. I try to be aware about the consumption of unnecessary things in a consumptive culture.

I'm drawn to villains that are three-dimensional and raw and that I can kind of see in my own life.

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

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.

The life of a character doesn't just exist between action and cut.