I think people like to exaggerate about the number of takes you do.

I can understand wanting to be invisible and mistrusting people and wanting to understand everything before you engage with the world.

Just because the character listens to an iPod and wears black nail polish, she's goth. That was just a misused word

I grew up in a little cul-de-sac in the suburbs and went to public school. I went to Costco on the weekends.

I wouldnt call acting a job - its a pleasure. I love getting to play different characters, getting to play dress up, and getting paid for it.

I need a lot of alone time as a human. And especially on a movie set when you're around people all day long. So it's actually kind of nice to go home to a hotel and be alone and unwind.

I always wanted to be an actor, but I was always fighting it. It never seemed that honorable to me, and I guess I was always afraid that I might fail.

I was a pretty dark person to begin with. I have always been more drawn to darkness

I'm not at all funny. I can do dark comedy pretty well, but straight-up comedy, I don't know. I'm much darker. I've been like that since I was 3 years old

There were certainly things I was scared to do, but I never thought I wasn't up for the challenge.

I am very slow to warm. I've always been sort of a loner. I didn't play team sports. I am better one-on-one than in big groups

I think it would shock most people if they really knew what we have each survived by the time we graduate high school.

RESPECT. GIVE IT FIRST TO GET IT.

I pitch with emotion. I don't know any other way.

You can pour melted ice cream on regular ice cream. It's like a sauce!

Don't put off for tomorrow what you can do today because if you enjoy it today, you can do it again tomorrow.

I don't like meat from the grocery store, it makes me nervous

I'm playing great tennis. I'm enjoying the tour, having fun with the fans off the court. I'm loving it now.

I want to make beautiful things, even if nobody cares, as opposed to ugly things. That's my intent.

As a student in England, I studied French and English literature. I read L'Etranger and the rhythm of the novel felt familiar to me - very African.

Men who have had a great deal of experience learn not to lose their temper.