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“I don't want anyone part of my love life besides me and the person I'm loving.”
“My fans are going to be there for me.”
“I write music because I love it. Sometimes more than anything in the world.”
“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 first show I did was 'The Nutcracker' ballet. I was one of the kids who comes out in the beginning.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I think it would be ridiculous to work with Tom Hardy. I hear some crazy things about him, and he's also really good.”
“I don't want to only play the leading man for the rest of my career.”
“I think everyone should have social media - all young people, at least.”
“I hated the ballet, but I liked performing. I did 20 shows, and I couldn't get the smile off my face.”
“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.”
“I don't do that much sampling. I create all my own sounds.”
“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.”
“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 like romantic dates - going on a long walk in Central Park and then taking the subway downtown and going out to eat and ordering oysters. After that, you walk around again and talk.”
“I'll work thirteen hours at a time producing a new track. Not a lot of people understand that - not girlfriends, friends, family.”
“When you're crafting a character, it's good to have a lot of influences.”
“James Dean was always a tortured soul.”
“'The Fault in Our Stars' is a beautiful film that's really positive. The second half gets sad, but it's always positive.”