Quotes from Douglas Booth

One of the biggest things I used to struggle with was about things like going on holiday. Whereas all your friends can talk about something and plan something all year long, I know that I'm probably going to be away and I'm going to miss all of it. If a job comes up, you just can't be there.

I can play the trumpet. Before I became an actor, I wanted to be the next Louis Armstrong. I started young and got to grade seven. When I turned 13, everyone started whipping out guitars, looking cool and joining rock bands, so I stopped playing.

Darren Aronofsky is on another level. You get lost in a scene, and he'll come over and whisper something in your ear, and suddenly everything makes sense.

External beauty is a bizarre thing to me.

I've spent a lot of my teenage years working on sets. I've missed out on more than just playing rugby, but I think I've managed to keep my feet on the ground and keep my friends around me.

What is life unless you're having a good time? I don't really have a plan; I just try to dip my toes in different ponds.

I just think if you're going to do something, do it properly.

I love history, and Churchill is one of my favorite people to study. He's a fascinating, fascinating man.

I'm a huge festival fan. I love to dance and dance all night long.

I only want to work with interesting filmmakers.

We live in a beauty-obsessed age and success sometimes appears to hinge solely on the presentation of an image that is acceptable to the press.

Some people call me Dougie Fresh. I don't know why.

If a rock band throws a TV set out of a hotel window, it's seen as anti-Establishment.

I would hope I was raised polite and charming.

The first lead that I ever played was a young Boy George when I was seventeen. I shaved my eyebrows off. That's as far from leading man looks as you can get.

It's fun to play a dark character, but you go home at the end of the day not feeling very good about yourself. You go away feeling dirty. It seeps into the air.

I'm not a player; I'm just a lovely guy, and I can show a girl a good time.

I loved 'Harry Potter' growing up. I'm dyslexic and a slow reader, but I could get through the thick ones in days!

To be able to experience a thousand different lives within my lifetime is something that always appealed to me. I wasn't content with just being one person for the rest of my life.

It's better to think of life as a proper journey with a beginning and an end. Maybe, I can settle for being immortalised on screen.

Sometimes a script comes along that really makes you sit up and pay attention... 'Life at These Speeds' has an emotional intensity that really kicked me in the guts.

I had friends who ran off to become ski instructors or worked in cool bars, and I often envied them, but I know I'd quickly become bored with that kind of life. I always need to push myself.

David Cameron was a good-looking chap in his day!

My grandfather was a great chef.