39 quotes found
Actor · English · 1989
English actor (born 1989)
“There's no shame in enjoying the quiet life.”
“I've always had a slightly overactive imagination.”
“I grew up listening to show tunes in the back of the car.”
“I think honesty is the most heroic quality one can aspire to.”
“My dad believes in God, I think. I'm not sure if my mom does. I don't.”
“I'm not a religious person. My mom was of Jewish blood and my dad was Protestant.”
“Go boldly and honestly through the world. Learn to love the fact that there is nobody else quite like you.”
“Im an atheist, and a militant atheist when religion starts impacting on legislation.”
“I used to be self conscious about my height, but then I thought, fuck that, I'm Harry Potter.”
“I know it wouldn't seem like I've had a lot of failure in my career, but there are things that I regard as failures, when I look at certain performances and go, 'That's not good enough.'”
“The nerds are the ones that make the films and do loads of other really cool stuff in their life.”
“I've never been one of the cool people at school, but then again, I don't get the people who are cool. It's not that I don't like them, it's just that they don't interest me.”
“I met Elijah Wood once, I met Peter Jackson, I met Orlando Bloom, and they're all really cool.”
“I think it's useful, as a famous person, to have as little separation between the perception of you and how you really are - because otherwise I'd be sitting here thinking I'm keeping secrets, and ...”
“There were a few years there when I was just so enamored with the idea of living some sort of famous person's lifestyle that really isn't suited to me.”
“It's interesting because people assume that because I'm famous I know all famous people.”
“I think one of my favorite things to do is just lock myself up in a small room and listen to music and watch films for a day. Also I just like seeing my friends. We have pizza parties which means I...”
“It's mainly about working hard and proving to people you're serious about it, and stretching yourself and learning. The mistake a lot of actors make, particularly young ones, is allowing themselves...”
“I absolutely don't relate to being beaten down my whole life - I had amazing opportunities at a young age - but there is still in many, many people's minds the notion that I'll never be able to esc...”
“Poetry is something I love to do. Good poetry has an amazing ability to be communicative before it's even understood. I get emotional just from the beauty of words.”
“If I was left to my own devices, you would see about ten T-shirts in rotation with maybe a few nice pairs of jeans - but I also like to look good. I like feeling really well put together, I just do...”
“I haven't always been thrilled with my work. But the fear of not proving the people wrong who think you can't emerge from a franchise and do well, that's a very strong driving force.”
“I basically have the diet of a 19th-century Irish navy, apart from the litre of stout a day. It's meat and potatoes and bread and cheese: those are my four food groups.”
“The best thing I've learned is, if you're going out, never go out alone - you leave yourself vulnerable. If you've got someone else there you trust, they can say, be wary of that person. I probably...”