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" I played music my whole life - piano, saxophone. "

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" The only thing fame has changed about me is that I'm more self-aware when I go out in public. "

" Honestly, I'm not a big movie buff in general. The only movies I own is probably the 'Indiana Jones' trilogy. "

" I got into acting my junior year of high school. We got a new hot drama teacher and I was like 'Alright, I'll try drama.' "

" Certain times, I'll choose my words very carefully and maybe come off a little more boring. "

" When I was in middle school, I always did well in school, but teachers either loved me or absolutely hated me. "

" I think about so many actors I look up to and wonder what people were saying about them at the age of 27 or 28. I'm sure it's not all flattering stuff. "

" Absolutely, 'Rabbit Hole' gave me a nice first introduction into film acting. "

" My second grade teacher told me I would never graduate high school. That I was going to be a juvenile delinquent. "

" I've played drums in bands since I was 16. "

" So I think that in the beginning of your career you're just looking to work. Luckily for me, my first movie was 'Rabbit Hole' and I got to work with incredible people, a Pulitzer prize winning writer, John Cameron Mitchell, and all the actors involved. So it's tough, man, because you want to have credibility. "

" First play I ever did was 'Footloose.' I played the part of Willard when I was 16. I think I wore my drama teacher's jeans and her belt - that's how small I was. I know a lot of Willard's back story from the musical that's not explored in the film. Like he's got this whole relationship with his mama, and he sings this song 'Mama Says.' "

" I don't know if there's an actors' slow-pitch softball league I could join. My agency has a team, but they say it would be a conflict of interest for the people they rep to play because I could hit a pop-up and they'd have to drop it on purpose. "

" Maybe it's because I came from a small town, but I always did well for myself. "

" I'm the first one out on the dance floor. In college I had to take jazz, ballet and tap dancing, but, before that, it was just social. "

" Living in somebody else's pain for an actor man, it's actually nice when you get to feel that kind of emotion. That's what I like. "

" It's hard to get to the right position, to be somebody who is commercially successful and critically acclaimed. That's the sweet spot. "

" Reed Richards in 'Fantastic Four,' to me, was a huge character departure from, like, 'That Awkward Moment' or anything that I'd just done before that. "

" I like a good pool party. "

" I like talking to people. "

" For me, I still have feelings for all of my ex-girlfriends. In different parts of my life, I would miss that person. There's something that drew me to that person, and I shared something with them. "

" I can't put much weight into whether the public likes me because the more important thing is that, as an actor, I can truly say that there's not a single director or actor who I've worked with who'd have a bad thing to say about me. "

" I was raised middle-class in a small town. I have all my same friends from high school. I'm close with my family. I'm dating a normal girl. So I want to feel people think I'm a man of the people. Because I feel that way. "

" I absolutely do care what people think about me. "

" It's important to have your own voice. "

" I'm a pretty strong believer that everything happens for a reason. "

" I'm not the kind of person to Google myself, because you'll find whatever you're looking for. If you want to read something that says you're the greatest actor that ever lived, if you want to find something that is pretty hurtful, you'll find it. "

" Going to high school in rural Florida, we always partied down in the woods. Somebody - one of the rednecks - would leave class and mow a path out to a field, and we'd drive out there. Dude, every party I went to was lit by a bonfire. Acoustic guitar. "

" The makers of '21 and Over' have been screening it, and I'm getting a lot of comparisons to a young Vince Vaughn. "

" Maybe some people have been turned off of me because I take what I'm doing pretty seriously, and I don't feel the need to charm everybody. "