I went to film school so I have a writing and directing background, and I think a lot of the material I'm interested in writing and getting out there is stories about anti-heroes and people you should just not ordinarily root for - trying to figure out a way of appealing to people they wouldn't normally appeal to.

If you do a character that resonates enough, people are always going to see you as that character. It will just be up to me to make choices where I can flex other muscles.

In my gym class, we had something called The Pit, this little alcove where we had to sit if we forgot our gym clothes. It was usually just the crippled kid, the pregnant girl, and me. It was pretty awkward, just hanging with all these freaks who didn't want to show their legs.

It's awesome to see something like 'Inception', which is just mind-blowing and amazing, and it actually resonates with the audiences. I feel like that's rare.

My first job was at an amusement park in Virginia. It was the worst. I loved the park but once I'd worked there all the magic was gone from it. It just turned into a place I hated and I've never been there since.

So I just came out here to Los Angeles with a bunch of buddies I had gone to film school with. You know, for better or worse, we just tried to slug it out here.

When I met David Green at film school he always used to offer free haircuts - he was kind of an artisan. In a lot of our films, he's constantly trying to give me weird looks.

You know, a lot of those angry sort of Southern man characters that I've been doing are based on different people I might've had as, like, a soccer coach or as a teacher.

The one thing about being a parent is the ability to be selfless: To give up the things you want and need for the benefit of someone else.

And I'm a pretty avid photographer, I've been into photography for years now, so I try to spend some of my free time with that.

As an actor, you don't want to be typecast, because Hollywood is so quick to put you in things that you've succeeded in before.

But for me, personally, I didn't have any ambitions to become an actor. I'm interested in getting behind the camera.

Confidence and a good sense of humor can usually win a chick over.

I can't even remember not wanting to go to film school.

I definitely like taking the dark horse approach and picking people you should not be getting behind, and you figure out a way to get behind them.

I don't really care about awards.

I don't tend to watch too many American comedies. I love British comedy.

I had a classic gym teacher in junior high who wore a weightlifter's belt all the time.

I made movies all the time when I was a kid.

I usually choose movies that I would want to see. I appreciate drama and if the right script came across my desk, drama you will see.