I would like to do something modern and possibly funny.

The comfort zone is the great enemy to creativity; moving beyond it necessitates intuition, which in turn configures new perspectives and conquers fears.

I've had to learn when not to tweet. Like, you learn how to keep your mouth shut? Learn to keep your tweet shut.

All my early school reports from the age of 5 were 'Daniel must learn not to distract others.'

I don't see money or a particular status as an actor as a goal, but I want to do the best work I can in as interesting a range of roles as I can.

I never quite toed the line.

I'm shocked at being recognized.

I do listen to a lot of music. Actually, I very often ask directors if they can offer up a play list. They very often have one anyway that they're listening to.

It's the challenge of trying to evoke any kind of sympathy for a role that ordinarily we would say, "Oh, this is a bad guy" and dismiss him.

I've never been a fan of directors who clutter a piece with all sorts of crazy preconceptions or weird ideas.

Soap opera seems to be a dirty word, but actually they are the most popular shows we have.

I was a late bloomer. But anyone who blooms at all, ever, is very lucky.

The great thing in these cases is to keep an absolutely open mind. Most crimes, you see, are so absurdly simple.

I think it's important for me to keep my childhood friends so that later on someone can appreciate how far I've come.

Think you are weak, think you lack what it takes, think you will lose, think you are second class - think this way and you are doomed to mediocrity.

I hate the computer. I hate their spell-check. I won't ever do e-mail.

I think all the characters in 'American Horror Story,' which is why I love it, are looking for some sense of meaning, and also it's their form of happiness.

Virality isn’t born, it’s made.

The more competition and the more voices - that's why I love bloggers and anything else the Internet can produce in the way of new news voices.

No matter how cynical I get, I can't keep up.

I will instruct my sorrows to be proud; for grief is proud, and makes his owner stoop.