People still recognize me all the time on the street. The first thing they say when they stop me is, 'Where have you been?' The second comment they make is always, 'Oh, you've grown up.'

I’m not one of those actors who needs the media spotlight all the time to feel gratified. I’m happy to do one project a year and take the rest of the year off as long as that project is special.

Gosh, I couldn’t even talk right until I was about 6 years old or something like that.

I’m not one of those people who needs that gratification of doing, like, 10 films a year.

I write a good amount. I’ve been gathering up a backlog of stuff and maybe I’ll do something with it someday, but I don’t want to talk about it just yet because that would jinx it.

I’m not expecting the American literary community to welcome me with open arms. To them I’m just some schmuck kid who wrote some book.

All the child-star cliches, I’ve tried very hard to avoid them all.

Most of the offers I get from Hollywood are for teen comedies. My manager thinks I’m crazy for turning down all that money, but I’m very picky.

Almost everything people do is artistic. That doesn’t make it art.

I have a lot of growing up to do, or a lot of growing down. I think that’s probably more appropriate.