Miles Teller

“Maybe some people have been turned off of me because I take what I'm doing pretty seriously, and I don't feel the need to charm everybody.”

“It's important to have your own voice.”

“I really consider acting a high art.”

“I got into acting my junior year of high school. We got a new hot drama teacher and I was like 'Alright, I'll try drama.'”

“Respect the person you're with. My philosophy is, if I'm not happier when I'm with you, then there's no reason for me to be with you. I'm happy on my own.”

“Living in somebody else's pain for an actor man, it's actually nice when you get to feel that kind of emotion. That's what I like.”

“I grew up in a very small town in Florida, like, 7,000 people.”

“I can't put much weight into whether the public likes me because the more important thing is that, as an actor, I can truly say that there's not a single director or actor who I've worked with who'd have a bad thing to say about me.”

“Reed Richards in 'Fantastic Four,' to me, was a huge character departure from, like, 'That Awkward Moment' or anything that I'd just done before that.”

“I like a good pool party.”

“I always had ambition. I always knew I was going to go to college. I could party and do that stuff, but I always got straight A's and a 4.0 and all that.”

“Maybe it's because I came from a small town, but I always did well for myself.”

“When I was in high school, there was 'Superbad' and 'The Girl Next Door' and 'Wedding Crashers' and all these great movies. You hope to be a part of something that's smart, funny and in that Todd Phillips-vein. You want to make something like 'Superbad.' That movie was so good and so funny.”

“I'm not the kind of person to Google myself, because you'll find whatever you're looking for. If you want to read something that says you're the greatest actor that ever lived, if you want to find something that is pretty hurtful, you'll find it.”

“So I think that in the beginning of your career you're just looking to work. Luckily for me, my first movie was 'Rabbit Hole' and I got to work with incredible people, a Pulitzer prize winning writer, John Cameron Mitchell, and all the actors involved. So it's tough, man, because you want to have credibility.”

“There's nothing I can control about how people see me as a person, but I can control how they think of me as an actor.”

“I'm still waiting for my first big Hollywood paycheck... maybe I'll play a superhero.”

“First play I ever did was 'Footloose.' I played the part of Willard when I was 16. I think I wore my drama teacher's jeans and her belt - that's how small I was. I know a lot of Willard's back story from the musical that's not explored in the film. Like he's got this whole relationship with his mama, and he sings this song 'Mama Says.'”

“I've played drums in bands since I was 16.”

“I like talking to people.”