My dad would throw me in the picture if they needed an extra. From an early age, I understood the concept that, if you're not the star, then your job is to not pull attention away from the star.

Apparently, the world is not a wish granting factory.

It's so sad, you get less starstruck when you start realizing that it's not a big deal.

Fault is a beautiful, honorable love story that I hope I'll get to experience in my own lifetime. It makes you grateful for any love you have in your life.

Most actors nowadays are models turned actors. That's why a lot of young actors are terrible. You have to learn how to act. It is not something that you can just do.

I don't want to just be an actor my whole life. I mean I do want to be an actor my whole life but not only an actor, I want to be an artist.

I love Marlon Brando and James Dean. That was when it was all about the star and the script. Nowadays, everything has to be action-packed.

When I was nine, I started doing ballet. That's when I knew that I was down to keep doing it.

I’ve never taken time off from being an actor. This is the kind of career I’d be so happy to do until I die. I always joke to myself that I want to have a postmortem Academy Award Nomination.

I don't just act, and that's really important to me. I don't want to just be an actor forever. I want to score movies. I could be an actor first, but I don't only want to be an actor.

We live in a bubble of progression, and over the last eight years [of Barack Obama], we've been a country of progression.

My circumstances of unrelieved responsibility and permanent distraction necessitated the short story form.

Any success against a false target is a false victory.

Why do boys say someone acts like a girl as if it were an insult?

I know your mama she don't like me, cause I play in a rock and roll band.

Humbleness is always grace; always dignity

Normal people think we're highly dependent and can't live without ongoing support, but in fact there are times when we're stoic heroes.

I'm always improving and I want to get better and never hit a plateau. I find it an amazing adventure.

A child can escape the shadows.

Do fish get cramps after eating?

Now, I've been known to be attractive on special occasions, and I do my best to project as much beauty as I can muster from deep inside, though I often fail.