Acting For Kids Is Like Playing House,

I'm A Typical Middle Child. I'm The Mediator. The One That Makes Everything Ok, Puts Their Own Needs Aside To Make Sure Everybody's Happy. It's Hard To Change Your Nature, Even With Years And Years Of Therapy.

I Loved Acting As A Kid Because I Was Kind Of Shy, So It Brought Me Out Of Myself. Acting For Kids Is Like Playing House, You Know? But Growing Up In Hollywood, It Just Made It Seem Possible. It Wasn't Like Some Idea Of Going To Hollywood; It Was In My Backyard. I Lived Two Blocks From Grauman's Chinese Theatre Growing Up. It Was What People Did. It's An Industry Town. So It Wasn't Some Far-off Fantasy, It Was Like "oh Yeah, When You Grow Up, You Do This Because That's What People Do Here."

I Like To Investigate All Different Kinds Of People, I Guess, And Find Out What Makes Them Who They Are, And Try To Be Honest In The Portrayal, And Truthful, And Find Out How To Understand That Person, How To Communicate That Person's Experience.

I Feel Like I Turned Down A Lot Of Things That I Wish I Hadn't. But You Never Know When You're Younger. I Don't Have Regrets About Certain Things I Turned Down. Those Films Would Have Required Things Of Me That Would Have Been Challenging, And They Ended Up Being Really Good Movies. But I Was Never A Careerist, I Never Thought In Those Terms. I'd Be Like, "oh, I'm Tired. I Don't Want To Work."

I Just Don't Want To Talk About My Personal Life. I Feel Like It's Mine, I'm Not Trying To Promote It. It's Nice To Have Things That Are Your Own, That You Value Enough That You Don't Have To Use To Sell A Movie.