Occupation: Actor Birth: November 19, 1983
I loved being in the Marine Corps, I loved my job in the Marine Corps, and I loved the people I served with. It's one of the best things I've had a c….
If I'm not doing something or working on something, I literally just sit in the room and think, which I don't think is productive. I won't go outside….
In the military, you learn the essence of people. You see so many examples of self-sacrifice and moral courage. In the rest of life you don't get tha….
Acting is a business and a political act and a craft, but I also feel like it's a service - specifically, for a military audience..
Girls' feels very active and stirring a conversation and controversial, and you can't really ask for more as an actor..
For me, becoming a man had a lot to do with learning communication, and I learned about that by acting..
It was very clear to me I wanted to be an actor when I got out into civilian life..
I don't understand technology, and I'm very scared of it..
At the end of whatever we're doing, I always feel like I want to go back and start over again because now I have a better sense of what it is. I feel….
Emphasis in the Marine Corps isn't on talking about your feelings..
Something I learned in the Marine Corps that I've applied to acting is, one, taking direction, and then working with a group of people to accomplish ….
I have a control problem. I hate the feeling of not being in control..
I always found something strangely paternal about the director-actor relationship. Actors want so much approval..
I always think back to the original movies and to those quieter moments where Luke is out in A New Hope, and there are the two suns setting. It is th….
I actually run a non-profit where one of the main objectives is to branch out and get a new audience for the theater. Just because the writing is so ….
Acting is really about having the courage to fail in front of people..
I think people are willing to take more of a risk on an indie film, about character, etc...but at the same time, when I work on projects that are sub….
The Marine Corps is some of the best acting training you could have. Having that responsibility for people's lives, suddenly time becomes a really va….
I feel like I'll never get over red carpets. They're so bizarre and awkward..
I'm not an acting monk or anything. I'm not, like, the most well-adjusted actor..
Juilliard definitely emphasizes the theater. They don't train - at all really - for film acting. It's mostly process-oriented, pretty much for the st….