I feel like having something that you're passionate about helps to keep you young.
I love cereal. I eat several bowls a day, mostly a few late at night.
The only constant I can find is hard work.
In tragedy, it's hard to find a good resolution; it's not black and white: it's a big fog of gray.
It's a constant learning process - not just what you need to learn for the character or as far as good actors - but as an actor, there's no limit. Every time now, you're learning so, I think that's a good thing though.
On set, the playground for the character, how much it takes varies. Is it like ballet, is it like jazz? The content always lends itself to the form, and it's really not mathematics.
You try to get to know your character as best as you can before you start filming - whats written and not written.
Of course I think it's a movie for everybody [Insane Farting Corpse], but that's probably just because it's a movie for me.
For me, playing a really bad character is about figuring out what brought the person to where we need him.
Everything you do, every experience that you have, enlightens you a little bit or worsens you.
The less acting you have to do, the better, I think.
I think carrying your gut, or your instincts, through all the learning, is one of the most important things. You learn to prepare for a part in different ways, you learn to experiment, what you do for the character - you try working in different ways.
I dont normally like getting dressed up, but when I go to events, I like to look put together. Ive got to say, getting in a nice suit feels good.
I always have an adjustment period where I'm so happy to be home, but then my sense of purpose is totally gone.
I approach every role from scratch.
My first thought about acting, growing up here in New York, was theater, and I feel like I need to force myself to go get my ass kicked in a rehearsal room and do one of those plays at some point.
I remember going to the theatre when I was little and the lights going down and just getting really scared about what was going to happen up there.
Michael Caine is so happy. Happy and healthy. I think he enjoys life. I think he's 82 now, and I have no clue if I'll be working at that age.
I like purple too. I looked up color psychology before doing any house painting, because I was curious what the colors I like mean. And purple is very royal and creative.
When somebody mentions that I did a play with George C. Scott, I'm like, it can't have happened. What was I doing on a Broadway stage at 11 years old? It's so far in the distance now.
I would say that the emotional content of the film [Swiss Army Man] took me by surprise, and sometimes I would probably want to capture the unique tone of it.
I was actually thinking about starting like an app where you can watch videos of me carrying Daniel [Radcliffe in Swiss Army Man].
It just so happens that when I was, like, 19 or 20, I got a couple of auditions and got a couple parts with good people. Of the thousands of auditions where you don't get the part, I've done a couple of jobs where you do it and you're like, "Okay, this is good."
If you could call me buff, my version of buff was when I finished that film [Swiss Army Man].
I was constantly surprised by how things took shape, whether it was something that was funny or [sharp] or some of these more simple, quiet moments in the woods. Honestly I would say everything and nothing. I honestly don't think it's different than on any other film [Swiss Army Man]. I think I would probably ask questions of everything always.
