One of the tough things about being an actor, probably the hardest thing, is getting your foot in the door, and my father handled that for me at a very early age.

I like to think of myself as a character actor, though there's some redundancy in that.

I don't really care about having more fame than I have.

Unlike a lot of actors, my father encouraged all his kids to go into show business.

Fame really works against actors, in a way, because our anonymity is a wonderful thing for us.

I think my love of journalizing my life comes from my mom.

My m.o. as far as choosing projects is I really try not to work. I try to not do the scripts that are offered me.

My mother and my father were very nurturing and wonderful examples of how to live your life.

I do my best to hold the director's opinion above my own.

I kind of quit surfing when I got out of high school, but then a few years ago I started to take it up again. I'm not an expert by any means, but it's so wonderful to get out in the ocean and get a different perspective on things.

A fella who accepts himself and is relaxed into who he is - that appeals to people.

I want to have all of my faculties.

We love things that are convenient.

My mom wasn't a movie star.

I hate it when there's a good movie, someone overhypes it and I'm disappointed that I don't like it more.

I never read reviews of something I want to see.

The Oscar nomination is great. It's a great pat on the back. And I like that.

I'm kind of an idea guy.

Generally speaking I would say I enjoy the smaller films more because there's a less sense of pressure and often the material is more unusual.

I haven't been to Comic-Con.

You know, it's kind of a shame in a way but the more seasoned directors a lot of times have more difficult getting a job than first time guys. New kid on the block kind of thing.

I'm a pretty basic surfer.

I'm a longboard guy.

My website's kind of fun for me. I get to do drawings on that. It's kind of fun.

As far as 3-D goes, I don't know if that will stay very long because things are moving so rapidly.

I like people.

I'm light and airy.

It's funny. You succeed, but now where are you gonna go from there? I've got to keep proving that I can laugh or cry more real each time.

I'm not real good at romance.

Do I have a long-term plan? Kind of. I have a general direction, I think. But it's funny what comes down the pike.

I'm at this time in life when I have to take the opportunities I have left.

Life's picking up speed.

I don't really think in career terms.

Tightness gets in the way of everything, except tightness.

So I have this word for much of what I do in life: 'plorking.' I'm not playing and I'm not working, I'm plorking.

I've worked with a lot of kids, and when you're working with kids they have certain hours that they have to work.

I think we're all hooked, I feel my own hook-ness on immediate gratification you know. I want what I want.

Directing takes a lot of time.

Any role that big is going to be a challenge for any actor, but for an actor of a young age, it's going to be even tougher.

I can see how a relationship with a writer would be an easy thing.

You know, I thought we could use a good myth about technology to help guide us through these particular modern waters right now.

Well, when we made 'Tron' there was no internet, no cellphones.

Myths are wonderful tools that we've had, oh, for eons now that help us navigate the situations we find ourselves in.

The hoopla with all the award season is kind of mind-boggling. It kind of puts you on your heels.

Basically, one of the hardest things about being an actor is getting your first break. I'm a product of nepotism. The doors were open to me. I'd done several movies before I decided what I wanted to do.

My M.O. as far as choosing projects is I really try not to work. I try to not do the scripts that are offered me. I'm in this wonderful position to be able to do that.

Often, when I finish a film, I'll have that feeling inside me: 'I never want to do this ever again. I don't want to pretend anymore. I want to be myself and do that.'

My mother and my father were very nurturing and wonderful examples of how to live your life. I really had a cool foundation.

Unlike a lot of actors, my father encouraged all his kids to go into show business. He loved it so much.

Making a film, it uses a certain... 'pretend-muscle,' I don't know what you want to call it. It exhausts something in me, I find. It has to be really something to get me interested.