When you get to play a character that's in love, it's cool. Once you have love as a motivator in a story, your character is free to do anything.
It's cool to play a vampire.
I play basketball probably four to five days a week when I'm back home.
It's cool to play a vampire and be a part of this new, hot genre.
When you get to play a character that's in love, it's cool.
For me, in the third book, when Peeta gets brainwashed by the Capitol, that's going to be fun to play. The rest of the time he's very much into Katniss, and for that to get turned around and to play it the other way, that's going to be very exciting.
I never really read a character before that I connected with more than Peeta. So, for me, if I couldn't get that job I was like, 'Well, if I can't play practically myself in a movie, what can I play?
I love doing roles and movies that are different from each other. That's kind of why I like to be an actor because I get to play different characters and pretend I'm different people going through different situations.
I play Peeta. That's his name. It was given to him by his parents. He comes from a long line of bread. His sister is Rye. And his brother is Whole Wheat.