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I'm Much More Of A Kid Now Than I Was When I Was A Kid. I Was The Kind Of Kid Who Was Valedictorian, A Straight-a Student. My Mom Used To Say, "please Stop Studying And Get Outside."

I Do Think That's One Of The Reasons That Acting Appealed To Me So Much: The Idea Of Letting Go Of Control In A Controlled Environment. Being Able To Go Through The Range Of Intense Emotions And Jump Off The Cliff, Metaphorically, But In A Creative Way, And In A Way Where The Structure Was Really Solid.

I Always Feel Like I Want To Work With People Who Raise My Game, And I Can Do The Same For Them, And We Can Jump Off The Cliff Together.

What I Love About Him [robert Rodriguez] Is That He Understands That Actors Are Transformational. It's A Natural Instinct To Ask People To Do What You've Seen Them Do Before. Until You See Someone Do Something New, You Don't Know What They Can.

I Kind Of Knew It Wasn't Going To Be Until My 30s That I Really Hit My Stride As An Actor.