Your mental attitude is the most dependable key to your personality.
I couldn't be happier to not be acting. I miss it, but I don't miss the auditioning or trying to get work.
The biggest thing I’ve heard for the last four months is, ‘Thanks for ruining my childhood’.
The director is the only person on the set who has seen the film. Your job as a director is to show up every day and know where everything will fit into the film.
I'm more of a science head, so I was like how would a guy use - if there were ghosts - technology to bring them back?
I really put my heart and soul into everything and I don't want a project that doesn't feel real to me or I don't get invested in. In order to drive a show for eight or 10 years or whatever the target for doing a show is, it really has to be a part of you. Because then I can come up with stories for seasons and seasons on end. I wish I had the ability to just like the idea and get people in and drive it that way through their enthusiasm. For me, it has to be a little more of a personal thing, even if it's not a completely personal story.
I always hated high-school shows and high-school movies, because they were always about the cool kids. It was always about dating and sex, and all the popular kids, and the good-looking kids. And the nerds were super-nerdy cartoons, with tape on their glasses. I never saw 'my people' portrayed accurately.
I used to worry I was entirely uninteresting, but the truth is I think if my life was more exciting I'd never have any time to write.
When our assists lead to baskets, that's us playing our best, and we begin knocking down shots.
I'm here to challenge myself and to see whether I can shape-shift in an environment that's actually quite daunting, but which I think would be nice to shine a light into. The destination of any interesting drama is that you shine a light into a place that not many people know about.
So much about living life, to me, is about humility and gratitude. And I've tried very hard to have those qualities and be that person and I'm just so disappointed in myself that I allowed it to slip.