It Didn't Really Change My Opinion About

I Only Auditioned At Four Schools. I Started Performing And Studying When I Was In Middle School, And Then As I Got Into High School, It Just Got More Serious. I Feel Like It Became More Of A Vocation. It Became Clear To Me At That Point That I Wanted To Pursue It.

I Recognized That I Had A Window Of Opportunity That Had Opened Because Of My Exposure As An Actor.

It Was Actually Pretty Cool To Be In Pittsburgh For Those Four Years. I Moved Into The Dorms And Had A Pretty Normal College Experience, Even Though It Was In My Hometown. I Really Thrived There. I Feel Like It Really Suited Me And Served Me Well In Terms Of How I Grew Up There.

I Met Glenn [ Greenwald] Briefly In 2009. We Were Both Guests On Real Time With Bill Maher. I Was The Show's Guest And He Was On The Panel. But This Was Before The Snowden Stuff Happened. I Didn't Have The Opportunity To Meet Him In Preparation For The Movie, Unfortunately, For Various Reasons. But I Was Able To Dive Into The Main Articles He's Written, And Interviews With Him, And Just The Function That The Character Serves In The Movie, That Was Enough For Me.

My First Job Was A Show Called The Others. I Had, Like, Three Lines. Julianne Nicholson Was In It, And Gabriel [macht]. I Remember Gabriel Wasn't There The Day I Was, But He Sent A Note, Because He Went To Carnegie Mellon As Well, So We Knew Each Other A Little Bit Through That, And He Was So Sweet And Generous. It Was Meant To Be A Recurring Role That Would Evolve On The Show, But The Show Only Lasted A Little While And I Ended Up Only Doing That One Episode.