"I've always done the grapefruit juice. My best friend won't drink it because he says it tastes like vomit, but I think it's fantastic. I make it all the time. I'm a little maniacal about it."

" You know, learning about nuclear reactors on submarines is like, really hard."

"[Harrison Ford] was not a hero, but I mean, I've seen all his movies multiple times. I thought he was the raddest and the baddest, he could talk to an actor dressed up in a big furry thing and make it look cool!"

"[Stephen Glass] wrote stories that confirmed what we already thought was true, like young conservatives abusing a fat woman, draining the mini-bar and you're like, hell yeah I already knew that. Even if it's not true it fits."

"Entertainment does not belong in straight news."

"The actor's syndrome is that we all feel like frauds because our jobs are weird. Everyone feels like they could be an actor in some way like everyone thinks they could be a photographer because they've taken pictures of their family. There are so many days where I wake up and I think that I got away with it again. It's a weird way to make a living."

"I honestly, I'm not just saying this, I love acting. I love just acting. So after I've gotten the chance to act, and my friends and family have gotten to see it...you know, a lot of times, they're my audience."

"Sure, I felt that things I've done before didn't get marketed well, or got marketed in a way that was deceitful. That bothers me... It makes me look like I was part of something that was lame."

“He is writing for Rolling Stone. Who cares if he lies for Rolling Stone? It’ll be a lie about Limp Bizkit or something...”

“I feel like if there is a name actor they are interested in for a role there is just no chance of me getting it”

“My parents don’t believe anything they see me do in a movie. ‘Peter isn’t an editor. I have never seen anything more ridiculous in my entire life. He couldn’t hold down a job, that is why he is an actor. If he could really play an editor than he would have done that for a living.’”

“The fact that Hayden (Stephen Glass) is this famous actor after only two big roles, and the jealousy I feel toward an actor like that when I’ve been working for a long time and I don’t have that is absolutely perfect for the movie also.”

"You just have to look after yourself, without compromising too much--so you can get to the next thing. Swing from one vine to another and not touch the jungle floor!"