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" I don't even think of myself as particularly good looking, and not at all a typical kind of Hollywood leading man sort of actor. "

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" I try to play characters who are different from myself, so I feel like this character is someone who is really different. I actually think that if I did what he did in this movie, I would get a restraining order put against me. "

" I grew up on Shane Black movies, and I grew up on Joel Silver movies. "

" I don't believe my house was haunted. I think I had an overactive imagination, and I was so convinced that those around me became convinced, too. "

" I think I was always bound to become two selves, if I wasn't already. "

" I love being Canadian. I think growing up in Canada gives you a world perspective that I certainly enjoy. "

" I always wanted to entertain. When I was six, a scrawny, scrawny kid, I'd get in my red speedo and do muscle moves. I actually thought I was muscular. I didn't know everyone was laughing at me. "

" All my characters are me. I'm not a good enough actor to become a character. I hear about actors who become the role and I think 'I wonder what that feels like.' Because for me, they're all me. "

" I try not to discriminate against genres. "

" This is going to sound ridiculous, but I remember watching 'Boyz n the Hood,' and there is a scene where Cuba Gooding, Jr. gets pressed against a car by a police officer, and he starts crying because it's so humiliating. I remember thinking in that moment that I could totally identify with him, and I'm a little white kid from Canada. "

" Show me a man who wouldn't give it all up for Emma Stone, and I'll show you a liar. "

" I always wanted to do a comedy, but I wanted to pick the right one. But it came down to working with Steve Carell. I've wanted to work with him since I met him years ago as a kid. "

" You can't geek out with a lot of people about Linda Manz. "

" I grew up Mormon. I wasn't really Mormon, my parents were. "

" I have a friend that is a WWII buff, and we sat and talked a lot about stuff like the war and the reasons behind it, and you now it's all in the uniform. Once you're in it, it usually does all the work for you. "

" I just have my own taste, and I just try and stick with that. I'm just trying to play as many characters as I can for as long as I have an opportunity to. "

" I read a lot of script. In my opinion, most of them aren't good or aren't about people. "

" Some of the styles of dance in 'La La Land' I wish I had spent time on when I was a kid. "

" I think the 'Law of Attraction' comes from a rich, white, privileged perspective. "

" I know that I'm with the person I'm supposed to be with. "

" I've always liked women more. I was brought up by my mother and older sister. I found my way into dance class. "

" I love 'An American in Paris.' That's the one for me. Some of the visual ideas in that film are just haunting and very free. "

" It's not easy to leave your hometown and your family and your support system and come out to Los Angeles to - to pursue a dream where the odds are not in your favor. "

" I was very impressed by Walt Disney and the idea that you could have a dream and you could realize it to the point where people could walk around within it... It still resonates with me. I wanted to be somebody who believed in their ideas that much. "

" It's Shane Black. He's a world unto himself. His world is so fun and crazy. "

" Any time you stick your neck out in high school, there's someone right there to chop your head off. "

" I'd like to see some Broadway shows at some point in time. "

" I think we're very complicated and we're capable of all kinds of things, and movies don't reflect that. "

" If I'm still acting at 46, I'll be surprised. "

" The theme for me is love and the lack of it. We all want that and we don't know how to get it, and everything we do is some kind of attempt to capture it for ourselves. "