Ansel Elgort Quotes

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Ansel Elgort

Profession : Actor

Birth : March 14, 1994

I write music because I love it. Sometimes more than anything in the world.

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

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Just in terms of the opportunity I've gotten is amazing. I consider myself super, super, super lucky.

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I'm not really too worried about what I'm gonna do next, because I just think of my career as, like, having sixty years ahead of me.

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Picture-taking is an ensemble art - like theater.

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Sometimes you want to read what people write about you, obviously.

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My fans are going to be there for me.

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I wanted to be a lot of things in my life.

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

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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.'

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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.

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I want to encourage people. One of the things I do encourage people is that - that Internet is a place where we should share our ideas and be positive, not negative.

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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.

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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?

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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.

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You can be really weird, and people will still accept you if you're in movies. I'm not actually weird, but if I feel like being weird, then I can do it, and they accept it because you're an actor.

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I don't just act, and that's really important to me. I don't want to just be an actor forever.

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When I was in lower school, I graduated from fourth grade, and the principal gave us a summer assignment to take a 30-minute reflection period every day. And, of course, there were no cell phones at the time. She said to just think. And that's lost. It doesn't exist anymore. Just imagine being on a couch and just thinking.

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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.'

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I'm a physical guy. I play basketball, and I rock climb.

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