Quotes from Douglas Booth

I got cast in a school play and I fell in love with that. I felt comfortable on stage and found out it was a brilliant way of expressing myself and I was happy and I could do it.

I have always wanted to work with Judy Dench, and that hasn't happened yet, so that would be fun.

I don't feel like I've ever kissed any of the people I have done for acting. That moment didn't exist for you; it existed for that person.

'GQ,' you've been patiently and stylishly educating me forever. To be truly stylish, you have to be kind and courteous.

I live for challenges. In my career, all I want to do is try to challenge myself and have a varied career.

Each character you play has its own set of characteristics, for want of a better word.

I am huge water sports fan. I love to jet ski, speedboat, water ski. So I love to get away to somewhere sunny and just get on the water and have some fun with some friends.

It's great to fall head over heels in love at a fast pace, and nothing's more romantic, but you need to look after yourself.

I love to go see films, even on my own. I just walk to the nearest cinema. There's nothing better than watching a movie alone; you can just sit there and zone in.

Who doesn't want to fly around in a spaceship?

I've met some of the most beautiful women in the world, and I can tell you lots of them are the most unattractive people I've ever met.

I remember someone saying to my mom that it must be so glamorous to have a child acting in movies. They had no idea how hard it was for her.

'Noah,' for me, wasn't a decision about taking on the Bible. It was about working with Darren Aronofsky.

For the moment, whenever I read, it is normally scripts. You start a book and then you think, 'I should be reading these five scripts.'

What annoys people is the idea that somebody has everything, and they're allowed to get away with anything. It's the sense of entitlement that gets up people's noses.

Articles always end up being about my appearance. I had a conversation with Jude Law: he told me people's obsession with looks goes away after a while.

Even to this day, when someone says something derogatory about Boy George, it still upsets and offends me. Part of me will always be quite attached to him.

On a Friday night, I like to go out because my friends, who have been working normal hours, just want to let go after a stressful week at work.

The 'boy next door' parts I get offered, I don't find interesting.

You can have an amazing director and terrible script, and the film's not going to be great. But if you have the most incredible script and an okay director, you could still get a really good film.

I love the challenge of playing characters forced on life-changing emotional journeys. To work on a project with Billy Crudup and Sam Rockwell is just a dream come true.

I'm definitely interested in taking on roles where I don't look like myself. But I'm not saying I'm going to go out of my way to play a disabled person in order to win an Oscar.

My friends joke I'm a 90-year-old stuck in a young man's body.

I saw 'Othello' at the National Theatre in London, and it was so stunning. I was so moved. It's beautiful.