“My mom used to say that I became a fighter and a scrapper and a tough guy to protect who I am at my core.”

“My mom used to say that I became a fighter and a scrapper and a tough guy to protect who I am at my core.”

“My mom insisted on multigrain bread and never allowed soda in the house.”

“My mom used to say that I became a fighter and a scrapper and a tough guy to protect who I am at my core.”

“I always have issues with trust.”

“My gut feeling about sequels is that they should be premeditated: You should try to write a trilogy first or at least sketch out a trilogy if you have any faith in your film.”

“I've turned down twentysomething million dollars for movies.”

“If it's an amazing role, I'll do anything.”

“The video game culture was an important thing to keep alive in the film because we're in a new era right now. The idea that kids can play video games like Grand Theft Auto or any video game is amazing. The video games are one step before a whole other virtual universe.”

“With age, you get to a place where you don't want to knock people out. You just want to give people a hug.”

“I grew up the son of an acting teacher, so I was kind of introduced to all of these various methods early... I've never been really good at articulating how, what that process is in the way that Stanislavsky could.”

“I was raised in New York City and raised in the New York City theater world. My father was a theater director and an acting teacher, and it was not uncommon for me to have long discussions about the method and what the various different processes were to finding a character and exploring character and realizing that character.”