Quotes from Ansel Elgort

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.

James Dean was always a tortured soul.

I'm a total goof. When I'm being really comfortable with my friends, I can be very goofy.

Fault is a beautiful, honorable love story that I hope I'll get to experience in my own lifetime. It makes you grateful for any love you have in your life.

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 want to play everything. I want to be like Christian Bale: I want to be able to be Batman and then, like, his character in 'The Fighter.' That is what is so impressive about really good actors, that they can be character actors and leading men at the same time.

The first show I did was 'The Nutcracker' ballet. I was one of the kids who comes out in the beginning.

I would like to do more independent films.

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.'

What's interesting to me is the fact that creatively, I can do anything now and people will pay attention, and if I suck, hopefully they will stop paying attention very quickly, but if I'm good, then I have my foot in the door, and people have paid attention, and I did a good job, and people are like, 'Oh, wow!'

Nicholas Sparks and John Green are very different writers.

I'll work thirteen hours at a time producing a new track. Not a lot of people understand that - not girlfriends, friends, family.

I think that most people who are just artists, who are getting famous, would trade a lot of their fame back for some normalcy, pretty much immediately.

When you're crafting a character, it's good to have a lot of influences.

I have a lot of weird interests, but everything I do is artistic.

My dad grew up in Washington Heights. I grew up in New York in Manhattan. So we're purebred New Yorkers.

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.

I don't want to just sell out shows to young girls who like my movie franchise. I want to sell tickets because people respect me.

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 hated the ballet, but I liked performing. I did 20 shows, and I couldn't get the smile off my face.

Parents can't monitor what you are doing on Snapchat.

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

I want to dunk on Kevin Hart.

I'm just such a good kisser.