Luckily, I didn't get too beaten up before someone gave me a shot, but there were times when I was living on friends' couches and eating five-dollar subs from Subway almost every meal.

I like to do my research, get in the right mental state for the person I'll be portraying. A lot of time, it's just incorporating a lot of what that person would be into, into my daily routine.

Everyone should have cheat days or days off. You need to balance the unhealthy with the healthy.

Every actor needs someone to take a chance on them.

My girlfriend doesn't think I'm funny at all.

My friends and family definitely helped me with the biggest obstacle in my life, which was just staying in L.A. long enough to really give it a shot.

A lot of my inspiration comes from the movies and TV, watching other people doing things that I one day hope to have the opportunity to do.

Just being the first person to bring the character to life is really fun and exciting.

It's nice to be playing a character who's never had a live-action version before.

It's better to leave them wanting more than to be the show where people are like, "Oh, that's still on the air?"

I play hockey in a pickup league. I grew up playing, so it's nice to get on the ice whenever I can.

I wonder in what way I would function as a person, in a society without ever attending school. I'd be myself.

Never give up when you really believe in something... just do you ...............

In the process of natural selection, then, any device that can insert a higher proportion of certain genes into subsequent generations will come to characterize the species.

Discriminate between the transient and the eternal. Learn to move from complete control to complete abandon.

He tasted each one of them. The raw power and majesty of Wrath. The vast strength of Rhage. The burning, protective loyalty of Phury. The cold savagery of Zsadist. The sharp cunning of Vishous.

I love Gossip Girl. I used to hang out with Blake Lively and Jessica Szohr. I'm also addicted to Bravo and reality shows like Top Chef.

My parents felt that acting was far too insecure. Don't ask me what made them think that painting would be more secure.

In the north east, there, they have had quite a bit of government offices moving in. It's not a new policy.

What a man does in his own house cannot concern the nation.

The gates of monarchs Are arched so high that giants may jet through And keep their impious turbans on without Good morrow to the sun.