Ansel Elgort

“I'm not that big of a reader, to be honest.”

“So many movies just have two pretty people thrown together.”

“My dad was always taking photos of us at home, and even on set - he'd bring us along and stick us in the photos in the background. It was almost the beginning of acting for me, like, 'Hey, you go over there and play basketball in the background, and don't even think about the camera.'”

“Even on Facebook, like, I wouldn't share everything with my friends, because that's obnoxious.”

“The club scene is terrible.”

“Picture-taking is an ensemble art - like theater.”

“I like strong women. Physical women.”

“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 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.”

“Growing up on, say, the Upper East Side, you're so isolated. If you go to the Hamptons every weekend, you never talk to a construction worker, and the construction worker would never talk to you.”

“Any real person has a front and a real part to themselves.”

“My dad's a photographer. So I suppose he named me Ansel just in case I would take over the family business. I guess I failed him.”

“I'm just such a good kisser.”

“Parents can't monitor what you are doing on Snapchat.”

“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?”

“'East of Eden' is an important story for me. It's about a kid that's misunderstood and feels like he's not loved by his father. It's a very father-son kind of story, and it's not until the end that they sort of make up. I like that because every boy has trouble with his father, so it's very relatable.”

“I always wanted to be part of a movie that creates a different world.”

“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.'”

“I think that when you first read material or you first read a script or story and know you might be playing a part, it's important not to see yourself because it should be a challenge enough that it doesn't come easy.”

“To be honest, I don't mind talking about my experiences in life, but details aren't for everyone.”