[On preparing for his role in Little Miss Sunshine] "In my house, I tried not talking for a couple days and it was almost impossible to be at a dinner table with my parents and not point out to them what I thought was silly that they were saying. You just want to rebel! It was so difficult."

Everything you do, every experience that you have, enlightens you a little bit or worsens you. L.I.E. was big for me. I think it`s one of the best things I`ve been a part of in my life so far.

[On why he chooses acting over music] "I think I`d be too stubborn and have to do it on my own terms. There`s a lot of hope in music and there are some really amazing artists out there, but as far as popular music goes, a lot of it is just not for me. So I don`t know where I`d fit in or whatever."

[On working with Steve Carrell] "I knew Steve from The Daily Show and that funny scene he had in Bruce Almighty. I didn`t maybe know him by name at that point, but I was just like, "That dude is hilarious!". He`s genuinely a very down-to-earth, sweet guy. I have a lot of respect for him. We became good friends. Nobody was really on a pedestal or anything. When you`re working with people you look up to and they put you on the same level, it makes your job a little easier confidence-wise. I never felt nervous, it was just a lot of fun."

[On working with Daniel Day-Lewis in the movie "The Ballad of Jack and Rose"] "It was incredible. I mean, Daniel Day-Lewis and I were enemies in the movie. I`m the "snake" and his daughter Rose is the "rose". You couldn`t get any more opposite from the character I play in ("The Girl Next Door") than the one I play in that. I`m the villain, the snake, sleazy and like this sexual creature. There were days when we wouldn`t even look at each other until the end of the day because we were intense. I got into that; it was great. It would help me, too. You know, I look up to him. Before I even auditioned for the movie I did so it was incredible.