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" My uncle was an Elvis impersonator - his name was Perry, and he went by 'Elvis Perry' - and my work as a wedding singer landed me a spot in his act. "

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

" I got a Twitter because some guy was pretending to be me. "

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

" I just sort of take it from a character perspective, and I don't know if he was necessarily spiritual, but I do think he had hope. He was a character that was comfortable having hope in his life, and hope is faith. "

" It's not like I set out to be 'the indie guy.' "

" I don't know specifically what scenes I'd like to see violence in - I crave violence when I'm watching a John Hughes movie. "

" It's interesting the kind of freedom the musical form gives you. The rules are out the window. You can get impressionistic without seeming pretentious. Because it's perceived as an inherently accessible form, it gives filmmakers some leeway. "

" In New York, you're forced to deal with life; it's there in front of you on a daily basis. "

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

" I feel like I'm always trying to make a movie about the Two Faced Man in some way. "

" The '70s just seemed dirty, honestly, and not in an interesting way. It's not the '80s. In fact, it's 10 less. I grew up in the '80s, so that's more of an interesting time to me. "

" If Russell Crowe says that he's Noah, he's Noah. You never doubt it. If he says that he's the Gladiator, he's the Gladiator. He's every character that he says he is. I've never doubted anything that he's done. "

" If the character is true, the movie will fall into place. Or at least that's what you hope. "

" Now that I'm an actor and I have movies, press, I have more occasions to wear suits. I like wearing suits. "

" I did this scene in 'Lars and the Real Girl' where I was in a room full of old ladies who were knitting, and it was an all-day scene, so they showed me how. It was one of the most relaxing days of my life. "

" 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. "

" I still go to Disneyland as much as I can. The Haunted Mansion is my favorite ride. "

" Falling in love is a narcissistic endeavor. You play the role of lover, and you find someone to act it out on. "

Falling In Love

" I've wanted to make films since a really young age. It's always been my passion. "

" I had a lot of romanticised ideas of what Detroit was like, but I didn't get there until I was 30, and it was very different than I had imagined it. "

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

" I guess there's something about you don't know why you're attracted to a character, but you're attracted to them enough to want to - it's like when a song comes on, and you feel like dancing. You don't know why; you just want to dance. It's hard to analyze that feeling, and if you do, you get far away from it. "

" It's not good just to have life experience of film-making and that's all. It's hard to play a real person when you've been in jets and town cars for three years. "

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

" We should get a Roomba for our Roomba. I feel bad for it because it works tirelessly, and at night I can hear it cleaning, and I just feel bad for it. "

" 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 was highly influenced by violence. "

" I grew up in a town called Cornwall, Ontario, which is about an hour outside of Montreal. "

" I just sort of feel like John Hughes movies are perfect, but they're missing violence. If they just had some violence, they'd be perfect. "

" Women are better than men. "