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Ansel Elgort

Profession : Actor

Birth : March 14, 1994

I don't want money to ever drive my career. I want my career to be driven by what I want to do in art.

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I would like to do more independent films.

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So many movies just have two pretty people thrown together.

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Technology moves so fast and social media moves so fast because everyone wants the new thing, but also, everyone wants to be where their parents are not. Once the mom got a Facebook and a Twitter and an Instagram, I don't want to be there anymore.

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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.

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I think if you only work, then you won't have a life. It's tough to have a life when you're working a lot.

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'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.

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All I want to do is work.

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I just make whatever music I want. It's my obsession, and it's very fulfilling.

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James Dean was always a tortured soul.

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I like to go on really nice dates. I've made some money, but I don't spend it on anything besides my rent. But I go to nice dinners. And I like to go with a girl.

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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.

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'The Fault in Our Stars' is a beautiful film that's really positive. The second half gets sad, but it's always positive.

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When I chose to do 'Carrie,' I never had done anything on camera before. I was always onstage, so everything surprised me. Just going on set and walking into a makeup trailer and seeing Chloe Moretz and Julianne Moore - 'Wow, I am part of this ensemble.'

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I don't want to only play the leading man for the rest of my career.

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My thing with fans is, it's always about being really good to them and taking the time to take every picture. If there are 300 people, you should take 300 pictures - you shouldn't take 250 because then fifty people will go home sad. Why would you do that?

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The club scene is terrible.

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The image of myself that I give on social media isn't actually who I am; it's not 100 percent me, obviously.

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If I messed up at the Oscars, I wouldn't be invited back.

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I just think a lot of people don't give credit to EDM producers or DJs. People think they're just button pushers and just get on stage and don't really perform.

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