“Activism isn't beautiful and easy, or a bunch of people getting together and picketing; it's a lot more complicated and difficult than that.”

“Cote de Pablo is one of my best friends! We went to college together.”

“Everybody thinks that equality comes from identifying people, and that's not where equality comes from.”

“I can safely say that I had an incredibly difficult and trying past growing up and trying to be an artist and standing up as who I am in this world.”

“I don't know anybody who walks through life all the time in the doldrums, constantly serious and morose. But that's become what we generalize as drama.”

“I don't think it's a bad thing to go out there and challenge yourself as an actor.”

“I like to just work with great directors.”

“I never feel more confident and comfortable than when I'm wearing a Tom Ford suit.”

“I pretty much got busted for everything, but I definitely stretched out my boundaries as a kid, as well.”

“I think anyone who's ever gone through adolescence and wanted something from their parents knows the basic tenets of a con.”

“I think every guy and girl would love to get to play Superman at some point in their life.”

“I think when you play a role, you always have to be a defense attorney for that character.”

“If you're wearing suits and you want to create your own sense of style, get to the tailor.”

“I'm a kid that went to theater school. I thought I was going to be making my living doing plays regionally or in New York or on Broadway, and maybe if I got lucky I would do a movie here or there.”

“I'm completely happy and fulfilled in my personal life.”

“Kids aren't born to be bullies, they're taught to be bullies.”

“Look, none of the artists who I admire or respect have ever shied away from a role because it might make them unpopular with somebody.”

“My favorite actors are people who I don't know anything about, and I can project any character onto them.”

“My standard uniform is a T-shirt and jeans.”

“There's always a need for new superheroes. As society changes, the types of superheroes will probably change as well.”

“To be honest with you, my physical state is usually dictated by the project I'm working on at a given time.”

“Unfortunately, in some parts of the country, some kids are taught at an early age that being different is somehow bad or wrong or worthy of ridicule.”

“Well, when you're playing a role, you have to think, 'What is ultimately motivating the character?'”

“What we really have to do is stop the adjective before the job title - whether it's 'black actor,' a 'gay actor' or anything actor.”

“When I was in high school, there was no safe haven, there was no outlet for you to speak your mind.”

“While I feel that I have a great reservoir to draw from as an actor for lots of different roles, it is difficult because it can be an industry where it's people's jobs to thin-slice you really quickly and try to fit you into a niche in the market.”