“ I think on some level, you do your best things when you're a little off-balance, a little scared. You've got to work from mystery, from wonder, from not knowing. ”

“ In my experience, sometimes a movie just hits at the wrong time, gets the wrong press, or gets the wrong representation, and it gets misunderstood. ”

“ You can be intuitive when you've got a more expansive role. You can get into the poetry of telling the story rather than just pushing buttons. ”

“ I do know that I like to play characters that are sometimes a little on the outside - that's because it feels kind of romantic and sexier to me. I really think they are the people that we learn lessons from. ”

“ There's a real wisdom to not saying a thing. ”

“ The mask can be a limitation, but you just deal with it. You do get superhuman strength and pumpkin bombs and all this other stuff to express yourself with.' ”

“ I'm a task-oriented actor. A pretender. And I try to invent my process anew each time I make a new project. So I frown on any method. ”