- [on attending UC Berkeley] I'm really grateful for the people that I've met there that are no longer in my life, especially my professors in the theater who taught me the respect and discipline it takes to embody a character fully. But I remember at the end of it I just couldn't stand the damn place...I needed to get out and move to LA and get started professionally.
- ...you can get lost in the process and hanging out with the wrong people doesn't help. I'd rather be alone than to surround myself with people who have no ambition in life and distract themselves with pleasure. Because that's what people with no purpose in life do.
- [on moving to Los Angeles]...At first, when I made the move to Los Angeles, all of the fame and glam attracted me, but I soon realized that it didn't. And I found myself wanting to be great at this acting thing. A lot of sacrifices come with that...(VoyageLA Magazine, October 2023).
- [on the best advice he's received] When you go to a party, go ahead and get a drink but make sure that one drink lasts the whole night.
- [on his upbringing and career] Coming from Stockton, CA...acting doesn't exist out there. Let alone the idea of becoming one was absurd. I was ashamed for a long time being from there but as I got older I came to own it and really be proud of being the only actor to ever come from Stockton. It's known for its grotesque violence and growing up around that, it gave me an edge and uniqueness. (Shoutout LA Magazine, March 2024)
- [on filming Taken in Montana] I mean what can I say, it was my very first film and you get excited by all of it. But no, I'd rather go back to stacking bricks in my construction days than to do a film like that ever again. I mean those types of films are just not for me...there are other actors who do them and they do them well, but they just don't fit with my personality. I just find them boring and why tell a story that's already been told so many fucking times!
- [when asked about method acting] I'm not method. I know a lot of actors who claim to be but in reality, it's for superficial reasons. I'm not going to be playing a grotesque character and then show up to a family gathering as that person. I believe in having balance. But I do believe in discipline acting. So when I'm on set, and especially if I have a tough emotional scene, I'm focused and keep to myself.
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