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

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" 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. "

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

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

" I used to have a big crush on Andie MacDowell. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Respect the person you're with. My philosophy is, if I'm not happier when I'm with you, then there's no reason for me to be with you. I'm happy on my own. "

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

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

" I still think you shouldn't use acting as therapy. "

" 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'm a pretty light-hearted person. "

" I like talking to people. "

" 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. "

" I really consider acting a high art. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" 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'm still waiting for my first big Hollywood paycheck... maybe I'll play a superhero. "

" 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. "

" There's nothing I can control about how people see me as a person, but I can control how they think of me as an actor. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" I've been told that having an Instagram account will help me book more roles, get more endorsement deals. It makes you more of a brand. But I'm not interested. I want to build my fan base through movies and movies alone. "

" An anonymous person, which is 99 percent of the people on Twitter, can say my face looks like a foot or I'm Ted Cruz's doppelganger. That doesn't affect me. "