“Once you make a studio 700 million dollars or so, or whatever the insane number is, then they finally seem to trust you, no matter how off-the-wall your project is. To be in that position is amazing; it’s the first time where there’s weight in my preference. The opportunities are there, man, and they’re real.” — The Guardian
“I seem to like to kiss trouble on the forehead and then try to back away. I test my limits quite often. I guess that’s what 22-year-olds do. But I’m fallible and human and I’m figuring it out.” — The Guardian
“I don’t even really know what it is I do for a living — the level of insecurity is very, very high. You’re making a lot of money, getting a lot of accolades and positive criticism for something where you don’t even know what you’re doing. There’s no business-model for this; you can’t step away, go home and say, ‘You did your job today,’ because I don’t know what my job is! That gets crazy, trying to figure that shit out.” — The Guardian
“The Los Angeles that I and all my friends come from is totally different to the one you see on Entourage. To go back to my LA and say, ‘Yeah, man, I’m working on the Disney Channel’ … Well, that’s not something you wanted to blurt out immediately. Now, you could go back to that crowd and say, ‘I’m making 8,000 bucks a week — legally!’ And they’d say, ‘Wow, how you doing that?’ So you tell them, ‘Disney Channel’ — and the shit starts again!” — The Guardian
“That was kinda terrifying, because at no point did we discuss why. Maybe I was afraid the answer would ruin my life, that I’d lose my mind with delusions-of-grandeur type of shit. He’s done more tangible, important things for me than anyone else in my life, apart from my parents. Other directors’ chairs on the set read ‘Michael Bay’ or whatever. Steven’s says DAD!” — The Guardian
“The fact that I was on the Disney Channel versus the fact that my dad was a drug dealer is, like, just outrageous to me. But life is funny that way. I feel blessed. I’m an actor for hire, man. I couldn’t be happier it’s worked out this way, ‘cos that’s a fucking great job.” — The Guardian
“It’s a two-way street. It’s not even art, this, we have a discourse. I don’t know where it’s headed or what the endgame is, but I know I’m learning a lot about myself and about my community in doing it. And it’s completely cathartic. I’m fulfilled by it in the same way I’d love to be fulfilled by the films that I’m making.” — Interview Magazine
“I believe in the healing power of cinema. It’s spiritual for me. It’s not just a fucking job. This is my therapy. Movies make your soul grow. And I’d love to be in one movie that does that. That’s really what I’ve been chasing. And you can’t get there unless you give a lot.” — Interview Magazine
“I’m showing up with a set of problems, and I hope that they die when I’m done.” — Interview Magazine
“The only thing my father gave me that was of any value to me is pain.” — Interview Magazine
“I actually totally agree with you, it’s all about finding the humanity of the networks… Fuck Tetris. We make new games together.” — Dazed
