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" 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. "

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

" 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 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. "

" 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.' "

" Violence has always been unfortunately embedded in masculinity, this alpha thing. "

" 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. "

" 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!' "

" 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?' "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I was born in Romania and later lived in Vienna, Austria, for a few years, and I eventually made my way over to New York in '95. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" To shoot a movie that takes place in three decades in 30 days is a lot on the hair and make-up team. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" My first job was in a movie theater. I worked at Cinema 6 in New City, New York. I was an usher. I sold popcorn. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Sometimes you don't want to get married too much to a lot of rehearsing, I feel, when it comes to film, because there's so many technicalities. So if I'm in my head, I've gotten settled on something, I'm gonna have to change it if I get there and something was set that's completely different. "

" You have license in front of the camera to do things, feel certain emotions that you don't get to in real life. It can be addicting. "

" I do like 'Game of Thrones.' I really like it. "

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