Glen Powell

“When I read 'Scream Queens' for the first time, I felt the voice of the show was fresh, unapologetic, and non-stop fun.”

“I feel like that's the nature of being a young guy - competition brings people closer. That's how I bond with people.”

“When I was 16, I'd been cast in 'Fast Food Nation.' And while I was playing in a charity baseball game, I ended up breaking my arm about a week before filming was starting.”

“My family loves movies. My dad and I used to eat a huge breakfast, and then we'd just go hang out at the theater all day together. We loved movies like 'Indiana Jones' and 'James Bond.' We were both big action-adventure movie fans. So I kind of grew up with an appreciation for film.”

“Ryan Murphy is a genius. In terms of television, very few have been as prolific.”

“My style comes from a very masculine point, and Valentino has a very masculine fit. It's built for corn-fed guys like me.”

“Mel Gibson taught me to run properly. You've got to pump your arms and move your feet faster, or you just don't look cool.”

“Life doesn't come in plot points or setups and payoffs. Life washes over you and passes.”

“It's hard because there's a little bit of PTSD from when you're a struggling actor, working at a restaurant or living in a garage. There's a little bit of an inherent knee-jerk reaction to say, 'Yes, yes, yes, please just give me a job.'”

“There's kind of a summer camp aspect of filming on location.”

“Anybody that knows me knows that I'm a huge fan of Texas. I live and breathe Texas.”

“What guy didn't want to be an astronaut growing up?”

“If you worry about what's going to end up in the final cut, it's like you're thinking about the endgame.”

“When you go to college, and you talk about your college experience, there's a lot of revisionist history that goes along with it. You tend to think of yourself as, 'Oh, I got all of the girls. I was the best athlete on the team. I was a straight-A student.' And that's probably not the case.”

“If you say 'yes' to good things, you will get good things.”

“I'm not really a line type of guy. I mean, pick-up lines work for some guys. You gotta really sell that thing hard. I did try one pick-up line, and it failed miserably. I thought it was really funny, but the girl didn't find it very funny.”

“The basic premise of math is about efficiency. And when you've got racism, sexism, and bigotry, that's just standing in the way of efficiency in our own progress.”

“The peacocking nature of baseball players and athletes in general - you're all kinda competing for who's got the most swagger.”

“Guys all want something beyond what they're being given - in every facet of life.”

“Anybody who knows me knows that I'm a goofy and fun-loving guy.”