I Didn't Read The Book On How

I'm Still In The Middle Of The Transition. I'm Still In Man-boy Mode. And That Won't Go Away For A While. But It's A Fun Time To Be In, Because It's Very Rare That People Get To Work Through This Time. It's Rare To See A John Cusack In Say Anything. It's Rare That You'd Find An Actor Right In The Cusp Of The Child-to Adult Transition, Just Got Through Puberty, Just Getting Into A Different Way Of Life. There's Few Movies Like That, And Few Roles Like That, So It's Going To Be Tough To Pick And Choose. I Guess The Goal Is Good People, Work With Good People.

I Think Every Young Actor In Los Angeles Went Up For That Role. It Was Between Frankie Muniz And Me, And He Pulled Out, So I Got The Role.

But This Is A Little Different. This Is The Adult Acting. This Is A Different Crowd. It's More Work And More Good Work. That's It. People Will Have Their Opinion Regardless.

I Feel Like I'm Really Honest In My Interviews, To A Fault. I've Lost Friends Over It. Major Friends. And I'm Heartbroken About That.

If You Asked An 18-year-old What They Want To Do With Their Life, And The Options Are 'transformers' Or Lars Von Trier, He's Probably Shipping Out For 'transformers.' If You Ask A 26-year-old What He Wants To Do, 'transformers' Or Lars Von Trier, He'd Probably Pick Lars Von Trier. So, My Sensibilities Are Changing As I Change.