I think that when you're playing someone who does really questionable or even really terrible things in a movie, it's important to show where that person is coming from. They're doing it from a necessary impulse. There is a struggle that's going on within them as a human.

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Money has never been important to me. I come from garbage. I'm a sewer rat who made it here. I have no interest in money and never have.

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garbage rats important

Now, even when I see the trailers, I get so excited because it's like I'm seeing a movie that I haven't seen at all before, whatsoever. And then I just happen to be in it.

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excited

I'll be the next Leonardo DiCaprio, sure.

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leonardo next

I like to believe that most human beings go about things with a point of view that they're just doing what they feel like they need to do at that time. Sometimes people make bad decisions, but it's not evil, not malicious.

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When anything is easy, it becomes very monotonous for me. But, if I can find something that is really going to take all of my body and all of my mind to really even come close to pulling off, that sounds like fun.

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sound mind fun

I always wanted to be an actor, but my top three favorite actors of all time are Al Pacino, James Dean and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

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als three actors

Life changes and that's cool. Growing older is amazing, I think.

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life-changing growing thinking

Ive always said that if I could do anything in the world, I would be a professional golfer.

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golfers would-be world

I loved the movies and I loved cartoon superheroes - superheroes in general. I had all the pajama costumes and I would wear my underwear on the outside of the pajamas because that's what Superman does.

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superhero cartoon doe

Acting is all about being truthful. I'm really bad at lying. I'm one of the worst liars I know.

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acting liars lying

I’ve actually been in a lot of movies that involve sucking on fingers.

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fingers

Even if you become sympathetic for somebody who has done something terrible, I don't think that necessarily makes what they did look cool.

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done looks thinking

My parents have Google Alerts on me. So they'll often times send me an e-mail and be like, "Hey did you know this?" And then I'll be like, "Well, it is, like, my life. So yes, I did know that." Or , "that's not even true. I don't know where you read that." I have Googled myself, yes. But my parents really have Google Alerts on me.

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google hey parent

Theres a wealth of information on James Dean, and everybody has an opinion on him. James Dean made some kind of impression on everybody.

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information opinion kind

It's really an interesting crazy world where like ultimately you have to work your ass off and sacrifice a lot in your life and the end goal is personal and financial gain. You know, it's not like you're doing anything helpful to the world. You're really just trying to get ahead and to beat out the next person and to be on top and at the very top of those financial firms, like the people that make the crazy amounts of money I mean that's what their after.

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sacrifice crazy mean

Sometimes I'll get a bunch of my friends to pretend they're my fans and then I'll walk out on the street and I'll have them mob me just so I can prepare.

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fans bunch sometimes

I think that ultimately what drives my decisions is if I think the opportunity is going to challenge me in a way that makes me better as an actor.

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decision opportunity thinking

I was a big "Blue Valentine" fan. I really loved that movie. And I thought the performances were just unbelievably real, which is certainly what I always strive for in my work.

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valentine real blue

It's funny because I went to a predominantly white school, but for some reason they always picked the musicals that were supposed to be done by totally black casts.

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black white school

I love being directed. I always find it helpful to have someone else's brain in the mix and not just have to rely on myself.

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