"I am lucky, I'm the first to admit that."

"I love working with the right actor, and if the right actor happens to be unknown, that should be allowed, too, I think."

"I think that even if you're wondering if two characters are ever going to kiss, drawing out the inevitability is part of the fun. Whatever the genre happens to be."

"My mother is the coolest, most amazing person I know."

"The first show I ever did, singing and dancing, was 'Beauty and the Beast.' I was playing Gaston. Gaston has red tights, knee high boots, and it's very physical. I had headaches every day for two months."

"Courage without conscience is a wild beast."

"What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog."

"I exercise about 40 minutes a day, and I'll run one day and do circuit training the next day. I live in an area where there are brilliant hills and mountains, so I get a good hill run with my dog. At home, I'll do the circuit training with old weights, along with pull-ups in the trees and that sort of stuff."