I don't just act, and that's really important to me. I don't want to just be an actor forever.
Most actors nowadays are models turned actors. That's why a lot of young actors are terrible. You have to learn how to act. It is not something that you can just do.
Even on Facebook, like, I wouldn't share everything with my friends, because that's obnoxious.
LaGuardia High School is a place of acceptance. You have every type of kid there, performing. The outcast girl would not have been made fun of in my high school.
I'm a total goof. When I'm being really comfortable with my friends, I can be very goofy.
I want to play everything. I want to be like Christian Bale: I want to be able to be Batman and then, like, his character in 'The Fighter.' That is what is so impressive about really good actors, that they can be character actors and leading men at the same time.
When I chose to do 'Carrie,' I never had done anything on camera before. I was always onstage, so everything surprised me. Just going on set and walking into a makeup trailer and seeing Chloe Moretz and Julianne Moore - 'Wow, I am part of this ensemble.'
There are big parts of my life that I don't share. I don't share myself eating dinner with my family. I don't talk about who I'm dating. That's private; that's me.
Picture-taking is an ensemble art - like theater.
I never felt fanboyish about acting, about actors, about movies. I'm a fanboy with music.
What's interesting to me is the fact that creatively, I can do anything now and people will pay attention, and if I suck, hopefully they will stop paying attention very quickly, but if I'm good, then I have my foot in the door, and people have paid attention, and I did a good job, and people are like, 'Oh, wow!'
I go to dinner with my friends, and we're like, 'Let's put our phones on airplane mode so we can really enjoy each other's company.'
You know what I'm realizing? I always love a place if I like the movie I'm doing there. I've heard people say, 'I hate Pittsburgh,' and I'm like, 'I love Pittsburgh so much!' I loved what I was doing there, and I loved Austin for the same reason.
As an actor, you want a director who makes you feel comfortable in a place that you can really create and try a lot of different things.
The image of myself that I give on social media isn't actually who I am; it's not 100 percent me, obviously.
My thing with fans is, it's always about being really good to them and taking the time to take every picture. If there are 300 people, you should take 300 pictures - you shouldn't take 250 because then fifty people will go home sad. Why would you do that?
With 'Carrie,' I did, like, seven auditions. I'd never done a movie, so they wanted to make sure I wasn't going to ruin it. I don't blame them.
My dad photographed a lot of beautiful dancers. My mom was a dancer.
Someone once told me we have in our minds who we want, and often those aren't the people we actually want. Like, once there was a girl I thought was perfect for me - I had every box checked with her. But I just didn't feel anything.
I grew up with Grace Coddington coming over to our house, like, all the time, but, like, she was just, like, the woman with the red hair.
To be honest, I don't mind talking about my experiences in life, but details aren't for everyone.
I'm not going to go on Twitter and rant about something.
Nicholas Sparks and John Green are very different writers.
I just think a lot of people don't give credit to EDM producers or DJs. People think they're just button pushers and just get on stage and don't really perform.
I just make whatever music I want. It's my obsession, and it's very fulfilling.
I don't want to only play the leading man for the rest of my career.
I'm starting to get a following on Twitter. That's a really awesome power to have. It gives me the opportunity to make any kind of art I want.
If I messed up at the Oscars, I wouldn't be invited back.
'The Fault in Our Stars' is a beautiful film that's really positive. The second half gets sad, but it's always positive.
I like romanticizing romance.
I love Marlon Brando and James Dean. That was when it was all about the star and the script. Nowadays, everything has to be action-packed.
My mom is very romantic. As is my dad. They appreciate real romance.
There's going to come a time when maybe I have kids and a wife.
I don't want money to ever drive my career. I want my career to be driven by what I want to do in art.
Just because you live 20 years or 100 years doesn't make it less meaningful. They're both short amount of times. So all we can do is just live in that time, whatever time we're given.
The first movie I ever cried at was when I was 10 years old and saw 'The Notebook' in theaters. I was like, 'Whoa, so weird. Crying at a movie? I'm not supposed to do that. So weird.' I didn't know that art could make you do that.
Human beings are a wonderful virus in some ways.
I don't believe in spending money lavishly, now that I'm making money.
I watched 'Billy Madison' maybe 80 times. It's my favourite movie. Watched it, like, a million times. My brother and sister watched it with me all the time.
I hated the ballet, but I liked performing. I did 20 shows, and I couldn't get the smile off my face.
Parents can't monitor what you are doing on Snapchat.
It's important to be a divergent musician and do a little bit of everything, except you have to make sure your fans are aware of it and that you string them along the right way.
I'm not that big of a reader, to be honest.
I think everyone should have social media - all young people, at least.
I cry whenever I watch an emotional scene that I did, just because it brings me back to that moment. It's like, I remember being there; I remember feeling what I felt. It's really weird, right?
I always wanted to be part of a movie that creates a different world.
I love to cry. It's great.
My style is clubby and groovy - you can jump to it, but you don't just have to just jump to it. It's not just really bass-heavy and hurts your ears; you move with it, and it sounds kind of tribal.
I don't want to just sell out shows to young girls who like my movie franchise. I want to sell tickets because people respect me.
