Quotes

[on his original expectations of the acting world] You can't fathom how big it is until you're actually in it, especially if you're from as far away as Rhode Island where I grew up. You're under the impression that everything you see in theaters and everything you see on TV is all there is, so you think you can just audition for whatever you want all the time. Then you get here and it's so well-layered and it's nonlinear. The first job I had out here was a play; I got it like three days after I got here. There were some older people in the play, so just for fun I looked them up on IMDb and these people have been in the industry for like thirty years with a couple hundred credits to their name, like these big network shows and movies and stuff like that, and here they are working the same job as I am and I just got here three days ago. That was a big wake up call. It's crazy how it can happen like that and its unlike any other job in that sense.

[on playing Peter Pan in college] The play is actually very dark, so it's watered down a lot for Disney and such. We really tried to surface the deeper messages in the play which explains why somebody who looks like me was playing Peter Pan. It was just a very different aesthetic and a different vibe than other Peter Pans you've seen. It was great though; I had such a good time with it

[on the key to success] I think that everyone can find success by their own route or by being themselves. I don't think you have to put on a facade or do things out of obligation necessarily that make you uncomfortable. So I think not giving up, but also living on your own terms and doing things that make you happy is very important and it helps you to persevere if you're content with yourself.