Famous Quotes and Proverbs

«It was mostly the kids that I didn't really know that said 'girlie-boy'»

«I think what's important is that you keep on changing, ... You show people your range and show them what you can do. You keep people guessing.»

«It's bizarre, because you'd kind of expect it to happen at the end but it happens right at the beginning, ... And throughout the film you kind of see my character constantly trying to get something off his chest, only his family and all the adults around him are oblivious to their kids and what their kids need. So there's this yearning for someone to listen to what his problem is.»

«The idea of it is that these kids are all pacifists but have this obsession with guns, so it's a bit contradictory in the subject matter,»

«He's similar to Dean but goes through a little bit more of a transition, ... At the beginning, he is very closed-in and isolated, but then he finds his gun [and names it] Wendy ? which he basically falls in love with. And it's called 'Dear Wendy' because he is writing these letters to the gun all the time. And he finds that this gun makes him become more powerful, and he kind of becomes a bigger person ? he can look people in the eye and becomes a lot more confident and things like that. And then, really, what the film takes on is about people finding their inner self.»

«but it's nice when big stars come over and say, 'Great job.'»

«He got bullied a lot afterwards. He's really nice and he's been telling me what to do.»

«It's very much an ensemble film ? I can't stress that enough because all the actors I worked with are all tremendous, ... Many different things happen within the film, the characters kind of intertwine and by the end, they come to the same level and connect. So it's hard to explain, but basically it's about dysfunctional youth and families in suburban America.»