Quotes from Cody Fern

I'm dedicating myself to an art form that takes a lifetime to master.

I think nerves are part and parcel of working as an actor. You can either work against them or you can embrace them, and I very much embrace them.

It's one thing to be supported in your career and another thing for your peers to embrace you and say, 'We believe in you.'

'House of Cards' I've watched since the first day.

I grew up watching Kathy Bates, and 'Misery' is one of my favorite films.

For me, I can't play a metaphor or a symbol.

I'm a very positive person in my life. I'm very optimistic.

I would want to do a role like the one Ezra Miller had in 'We Need To Talk About Kevin.' That is a real juicy role.

With 'Versace,' after I had gotten the , it was two weeks of preparation before I started filming, and I had read Maureen Orth's book; I had been able to get a hold of photos and really start to inhabit the mind of David Madson.

I have never had more fun in my life playing a character than I've had playing Michael Langdon. He's so delicious. He's so layered and complicated.

There are people in positions of power that are righteous about what they believe: they're enacting out evil principles, but they don't believe that that's what they're doing.

I went to uni, and I studied commerce on a scholarship, and that was crazy and wild in and of itself.

When I was at uni, I got good grades and went on to do honours, but I kept thinking, 'I shouldn't be here.' Something just didn't feel right. When I finished, I decided that every decision I make from this day forward will be purely based on intuition, and I'm not going to fight that.

What I can say, categorically, is that working with Sarah Paulson and Kathy Bates will have been the most formative experience for me, as an actor, for the rest of my life.

With 'Horror Story', it really was, 'You're going to run; you're going to jump off this cliff, and trust that that Ryan Murphy is going to catch you.' So I just ran head-on into it and jumped off the edge of that cliff.

Good acting is good acting, whether it's on stage, on TV, or in films.

I remember watching Cate Blanchett in 'Elizabeth' and feeling like for the first time - even though that time period wasn't happening now - that I believed that role.

When I read the script for 'War Horse,' I was in absolute tatters.

If people hate Michael Langdon, that's a good thing. I'm not going to debate that. I don't worry about making him likeable... My real focus in playing Langdon is making his intentions clear and how he operates and what his mission is and how he shapes the perception of who he is around people.

I find the whole idea of religion overwhelming and frightening and not for me.

I love Robin Wright so much. She's one of my favorite actresses; she's incredibly powerful.

It's so crazy to work with Ryan Murphy and then work in the David Fincher world with Robin Wright.

I've known since I was about six that I wanted to be an actor, but I grew up in a very small country town, and it was just not something that was possible.

I've tried to shut myself off as much as possible from the hype of 'War Horse,' and just thought, 'OK, I'm going to focus on the character and focus on the story and focus on what I have to do.'