You have to love what you do, and you have to need it like you need air. And there's nothing else that would give me the same degree of satisfaction as acting, which is why I can't walk away from it.

My family put a lot of emphasis on homework, so there weren't too many comic books or video games for me, when I was growing up.

I have my own personal wish list.

Four months of preparation and about 12 hours of shooting turned into about 30 seconds of screen time.

This role is more visible, and I grew up without a lot of that sort of modeling so I'm relieved and proud to have done this film.

A great book provides escapism for me. The artistry and the creativity in a story are better than any drugs.

My experience is that I find myself having to constantly define myself to others, day-in, day-out. The quote that's helped me the most through that is from Toni Morrison's "Beloved" where she says, "Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined" - so I find myself defining myself for other people lest I be defined by others and stuck into some box where I don't particularly belong.