Best 30 quotes of Nicholas Hoult on MyQuotes

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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 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 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 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?

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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