Nicholas Hoult Quotations

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

I'm not scared of growing up, but it just happens, doesn't it?

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.

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've got a really great family round me, two sisters and an older brother and my mum and dad. Everybody's equal.

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

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

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'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'm kind of feeling ashamed now that I never get bullied. Everyone keeps asking me, but I don't, and it's kind of annoying. I wish I could say I did get bullied, because then everyone would feel sorry for me.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It's a scary life and sometimes you think you'll never work again.

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

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.

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

By the time I was 14, I was about six foot. I remember going into auditions, and they'd look at how tall I was and say, 'Well, you're taller than the lead actor, so there's no way we can cast you.

I remember doing my SATs on a film set; you had to complete the tests in a certain time and, obviously, you couldn't be interrupted. I think I did pretty well; it wasn't too difficult.

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.

My experience in About a Boy probably did change me, but you change so much between 11 and 15 that's it's hard to know what had an effect on me directly,

Richard wanted me to play him aged 11 and 15, but as soon as he saw how tall I'd grown - I'm six foot two - he had a rethink and cast another boy as his younger self.

Gabriel told me he'd bought the watch for his ex-girlfriend, but she didn't like it. She said that one day he'd find the right person to give it to, and he said that person was me,

Gabriel and I were always getting the giggles, but he was really scary when he was in character, ... drunk and screaming and shouting at me. At one point, he held a gun to my head and I could feel my heart racing. Then, afterwards, he'd just be fun Gabriel again, having a laugh.

I was very touched he chose me. Maybe I'll pass it on to another young actor when I'm older.

My mother remembers that after I filmed a Ruth Rendell mystery when I was about six or seven, I cried inconsolably for a day afterwards, because it was all over. I still feel very sad when things end, but I know that I'll probably meet up with people again at some point.

There was definitely some of me in Marcus - apart from the haircut. Definitely not the haircut. But, like him, I was quite withdrawn, and acting helped me come out of my shell.

Hugh's just a geezer, a great laugh - although he is a bit corrupting. But he did get me interested in golf and cricket and snooker.

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

I'm not one of those people who's saying "I'm going to set up a production company", because I like acting and not having to be a business man and do that side of things.

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.

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?

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

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

In real life you get out of the shower naked, so why wouldn't you do it on screen? It's just a normal thing.

That's how I believed relationships worked: You go into town, pick up the girl you want, then ride off into the mountains and the townsfolk can't get them back.

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 manage to live pretty normally.

I'd just like to carry on acting.

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.

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.