Cody Fern

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

“'Atlas Shrugged' shows when you have a singular vision of something and how quickly you can become attune to that vision and devalue others quickly based on their principles and ideologies.”

“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.”

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

“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.'”

“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.”

“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.”

“All of my role models as an artist have always been women actors.”

“To be in the same room as Claire Underwood is like a dream come true.”

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

“I would do anything for Ryan Murphy, absolutely anything.”

“I'm not a religious person, but I read the Bible many years ago.”

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

“I told my agent that I wouldn't do TV unless it was Ryan Murphy, 'House of Cards,' or HBO.”

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

“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.'”

“I don't have a Twitter, so I don't know what's happening in that world.”

“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.”

“People don't think of themselves as evil.”