As soon as you are trying to be funny or dramatic, that's when things start feeling fake and boring.

• If you're going to put yourself above everybody else, you might end up alone.
• Making checklists of things you're looking for in a person is the numero uno thing you can do to guarantee you'll be alone forever.
• While I'm not a celebrity, it's such a weird concept that society has cooked up for us. Astronauts and teachers are much more amazing than actors.
• To be honest, I sort of feel like 'movie actor' isn't of this time. I love it. But it's a 20th-century art form.
• Celebrity doesn't have anything to do with art or craft. It's about being rich and thinking that you're better than everybody else.
• The career stuff is for business people.
• I would like to do a musical, if I could find a cool one. A song-and-dance role is closer to me personally than other characters I play.
• My dad never blew anything up, but he probably had friends who did. He and my mom have always preached that the pen is mightier than a Molotov cocktail.
• As soon as you are trying to be funny or dramatic, that's when things start feeling fake and boring.
• Storytelling in general is a communal act. Throughout human history, people would gather around, whether by the fire or at a tavern, and tell stories. One person would chime in, then another, maybe someone would repeat a story they heard already but with a different spin. It's a collective process.