Nicholas Hoult Quotes

Other people's success spurs me on to do well and gives me motivation.

I don't really have disappointments, because I build myself up for rejection.

It's always a bit overwhelming when you arrive on set and everyone's new, but you soon become a big family. I find the hardest thing about acting is that you have to say goodbye to everyone at the end of a shoot.

My mum always says work goes in waves: you have a good spell and then it dips.

Nowadays we have so many things that take our attention - phones, Internet - and perhaps we need to disconnect from those and focus on the immediate world around us and the people that are actually present.

I think if you set yourself specific goals, that's quite a lot of pressure.

I think all teenagers feel alone, and that nobody else knows what they are going through and all that sort of stuff.

I don't want to share my worries - that's for me to know.

Supposedly I'm impossible to talk to. But it's honestly not me being difficult. Sometimes you just don't have a lot to say.

Long-term boredom can't lead to anything good.

I was really in to shiny things when I was younger and I stole a shiny tag for my dog. I didn't get caught. I hope I don't go to jail for that.

That's the main thing, looking for interesting characters, good directors, and experiences where you're growing and learning.

If you're out, and starving, and need a bite to eat, then you need fast food.

I try not to be too optimistic or pessimistic. If you're a pessimist then that's depressing all the time; if you're an optimist and things don't work out then that's depressing, too.

I'm not too vain - I sometimes take pride in my appearance, but I stick to the rule never to spend longer than a girl getting ready.

Occasionally people will look at me and do a double take and theyll look at me like theyre trying to think where they know me from.

I don't like watching myself. I get embarrassed.

I don't think parents always know where their children are going or what they are doing, what they are up to.

As you're growing up, it's odd, because directors don't expect you to grow up. They think you'll be young forever, but as an actor, there is an awkward period when you're too young for old or too old for young, and it can be an odd time.

I think interviews can be fine. It's just there's this terrible fear of coming off wrongly or saying something that gets taken out of context.

I won't eat veal, and my mum won't eat lamb, because she thinks it's a bit harsh to eat cute things.

As a kid, when you're in a film with somebody, you look up to them, you know?

I try not to read about myself. Why would reading about yourself be interesting? You're only going to be told you're doing a good job and get big headed about it, or be told you're rubbish and get down in the dumps. What's the point?

When I like something, I love it, but then I'll let it go completely.

I'm happy with my career and I'm not going to have the trouble of being typecast.