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" Most of the people I admire as actors didn't make it until their mid-30s: the Mark Ruffalos, the John Hawkeses of the world. "

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" The things I learned from my parents, what was deeply ingrained in their generation, is this idea of opportunity and the freedom to have an opportunity. The way the United States was thought of is as a place you can have this chance to do anything, to say, 'This is my idea, and I get to offer it to you, and if you like it, I can profit from it.' "

" Theater is the most challenging thing to do. It's just you out there with no rope. You can't call time out; you're on a roller coaster. "

" I don't think I've got the stuff that Broadway musicals are made of. But there are definitely many musicals that I enjoy. 'Hair' and 'Rent' might be my favorites. "

" I came here from Romania when I was 12 years old. I had an accent. High school was tough a little bit for a few years. I wanted to fit in. I wanted to be liked. I wanted to be good-looking. I wanted to be popular. I spent a lot of time thinking, 'What are these people going to think of me?' "

" Comedy is only funny when there's real pain. "

" I always look at auditions as not even getting the job as much as I'm just trying to connect with this casting director so they remember me for next time. "

" I like to be lean and flexible. I'm not interested in gaining size. "

" There's gotta be a human being in everybody, regardless of what they do or what people think they did. "

" My job as an actor is to just tell the story as best I can from my character's point of view and let the audience decide. "

" When I work on a part, one of the things I love to do is to put together a collage of things, stuff I see or stuff that inspires me, images, whatever. "

" Comic-book movies are mythology, in a way, and there are a lot more parallels in them with what's going on in the real world than people want to discuss. "

" I was Danny Zuko in 'Grease,' and I was in the musical 'Sweet Charity' and then in the musical 'On the Twentieth Century.' They were great. I mean, singing isn't really my strong suit, but I just really enjoyed it. "

" Working out and working as an actor have gone hand in hand - I always feel more prepared if I know I have done a workout. It gives me confidence - and peace of mind. "

" When I was younger, it was so much easier. All I needed to do was just get a job. It was like, 'Oh, my God, I have a job! I can call myself a working actor.' But then, the older you get, you have to be more selective, and that's tough. "

" I specifically remember doing the musical 'Sweet Charity' at Stagedoor. I was playing Vittorio Vidal, which is a very funny part, and some other small roles. I couldn't really sing that well, but there were so many fun bits, and I just remember the tremendous adrenaline rush I felt from being onstage and hearing the audience enjoying it. "

" I can't take one day for granted. That's usually how I think. "

" Embrace your differences and the qualities about you that you think are weird. Eventually, they're going to be the only things separating you from everyone else. "

" Playing an unstable, bipolar, multiple-personality-disorder person is definitely up my alley. "

" I've gotten really good at not judging characters. "

" If you're getting abandonment, if you're getting abuse as a child, if you're getting uncertainty when you're a child, unfortunately you tend to look for that in your life later on, and you think that's love. "

" I've never been ice skating, ever. I'm traumatized by the idea of it. "

" Sometimes with films you have a freedom to be able to, Okay, we got that take so let's try another one where suddenly I'll say this, or you'll get to improv. You can't do that with stage. We have to make it new every time, and also within the structured settings. "

" Sometimes it's okay to give yourself a pat on the back and say, 'That was cool. That made me feel good.' "

" You have to pay attention to the moments when you've felt on top on the world. I remember the first time I was on stage, I was doing 'West Side Story,' I was 17 and this woman was crying because she liked what I was doing so much. "

" I live in New York and I love it, because it doesn't make me feel like my life is always just about acting and that world of acting. I don't have expectations. "

" Just to get a job is always really exciting to me. I do feel there's a lot left for me to learn about movies, the subtleties of acting. "

" I know, when people are considering me for jobs, sometimes it's, 'Well, you're in a comic-book movie.' And I'm, like, 'But I'm killing myself to try to do the best I can!' "

" You can't judge a character, and you're never going to always play characters that are morally sound or know right from wrong. "

" I think it gets a little harder as you find more success. As success happens, you have to figure out this question of 'What I am going to do next that stands out?' Because then you get seen as 'this thing,' which is a part of you. But it's not really you. "

" I was so against social media for such a long time, but now I can't live without it. "