“At the same time, when I can go off with a backpack or off on a surfboard or even off on a run somewhere in the woods – that’s where I’m really happy.”

I know when I grew up, it was, if it was daylight outside, get outside. Well, now, with the technological age of computers and everything, everyone’s inside virtually going everywhere they want to go.

It’s not a science when you are judging art, but we’d be remiss to say you can’t look at something and say, ‘This is more well done than that.’

My last name is originally Irish. I’m not exactly sure whereabouts it’s from, but I’ve got family branches that were traced back there.

When you have good friends you’ve been around, every time they talk, you don’t give them your full attention.

Romcoms are hard in a lot of ways: they’re built to be buoyant. It’s easy to demean them.

Without exercise, I don’t feel like my head works right.

I love good film, whether it’s an independent or studio film. The independent films, I think the good ones aren’t necessarily eccentric ones but they’re the more specific ones.

For me, one of the toughest things about Valentine’s Day is that it gets geared up as the day to profess your love. See, T-E-S-T – that’s a bad word that doesn’t go with L-O-V-E.

To bring a healthy child into this world, raise them right and watch them grow is the biggest miracle there is.

I think most defense attorneys know, to some extent, their clients are guilty.

Cameras aren’t guns. They can’t really hurt you.

I think I can keep a rhythm to a beat, but there are quite a few people who would argue with me.

There are certain nights you and your image just aren’t in the same bed.

Vanity is great motivation, to be fair.

I like quips. I like whiffs of cynicism and I think they can be witty. But I don’t really know where wittiness is constructive.

I’ve never been a jealous person, and I’ve never felt built up by someone else’s failure – that’s a cheap thrill.

Your backpack is a part of your identity as a student.