Every job built my career in some way or made me grow as a person or I got to meet someone great. I had one line on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, but I met Will Smith and he took 20 minutes out of his day to talk to the kid with one line. To this day, I think that guy is amazing because of that.

I`m tough on the outside and soft on the inside [...] I`m really a shy guy.

I`m sure I`ll find something to do. Some kind of trouble to get into.

I drive the thing like a granny. I`ve only gotten one ticket in that car, and it was for an illegal left-hand turn.

The kid I play, Jess, moves to town. he`s a troublemaker - he steals, drinks beer, smokes. He`s seventeen - he shouldn`t be doing any of this stuff.

I don`t seek attention. If anything I`d rather blend in, remain anonymous.

I don`t drink, I don`t smoke, I don`t do anything ... but I bowled like a crazy mouther.

I`m just a person and I`m not larger than life!

Oh my God. Nothing against the magazines (teen magazines) because they definitely have their purposes, but I don`t want to answer questions like "Do you have a girlfriend" and "What is your favorite color". Answering more adult questions is more intriguing and that`s the vibe I`d like to give off.

I just try not to subscribe to the ways of celebrity. I`m not a celebrity, I`m a working actor. A lot of the events -- the parties and the premieres that people go to to get noticed -- I`m just not into. I`ll hang out with my friends, go see punk shows, read at home. At the same time, I have a production company, which is a lot of work.

The Godfather" 1 and 2, "Goodfellas," "The Matrix" -- those are movies I can sit down and watch over and over again,

My favorite episode is `Teach Me Tonight,` the one with the car accident [Jess trashed the car Dean had remodeled for Rory.] Alexis and I were both so tired and laughing and goofing off and having fun, so it was funny for me to watch.

On the WB holding deal "Basically?yeah! They said, "Here`s a lot of money and don`t work for anybody else. We don`t have anything for you, so you`re going to be sitting for awhile." That was an interesting thing."

It`s [high school] an interesting time in your life because you`re trying to act older and mature but you really have no idea what you`re doing. You`re scared and it`s okay to be scared. It`s okay to not know completely what you want or what you should be doing and to stumble a little bit.

I`m a homebody, I`d rather be in the kichen cooking than hanging out in a bar.

I like to read, too. It`s good because Jess carries a book all the time. If it`s one I haven`t read, I`ll sit down and read between takes

Every job built my career in some way or made me grow as a person or I got to meet someone great. I had one line on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, but I met Will Smith and he took 20 minutes out of his day to talk to the kid with one line. To this day, I think that guy is amazing because of that

I`m tough on the outside and soft on the inside [...] I`m really a shy guy