Nicholas Hoult Quotes

I've realized why I don't tell the truth in interviews. It's because they're printed months later, and you change so quickly - you have new thoughts, new everything - so people are reading an old version of you.

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.

The paparazzi don't care about me.

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

I'm not one of those people who sits around knowing all bands and going to gigs all the time.

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

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 don't mind my eyebrows. They add ... something to me. I wouldn't say they were my best feature, though. People tell me they like my eyes. They distract from the eyebrows.

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

After 'Skins' I became mildly famous, which was a bit of a disaster.

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

Anybody who has a problem with 'Skins' obviously doesn't understand teenage life.

When you're on TV and in people's houses - it's great that anybody watches anything you've done, but you feel as though you're being watched by Big Brother sometimes. Even if people have no idea who you are, you get the feeling you're being watched.

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

I'll eat anything. I ate antelope once in Swaziland. I didn't know what it was until I'd started chewing it. Everything tastes like chicken though doesn't it? It wasn't bad.

I just want to be a better actor. You can always get better.

Life's too short for regrets.

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

A lot of child actors keep acting for the wrong reasons.

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

I always like to keep busy, otherwise my brain starts ticking.

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'd just like to carry on acting.

It's awkward going to parties with people you don't know, especially when they think they know you.

I can be a bit grumpy. I'm full of angst, and hormones.

The lead actor, along with the director, plays a big role in what the vibe will be on set, and that's a huge responsibility.

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 don't like watching myself. I get embarrassed.

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.

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

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

The action stuff is only good if you get the character stuff in there as well. Sometimes that get lost in amongst all the trying to make stuff blow up.