Quotes from Nicholas Hoult

I'm not scared of growing up, but it just happens, doesn't it?

It's a scary life and sometimes you think you'll never work again.

The paparazzi don't care about me.

It's awkward going to parties with people you don't know, especially when they think they know you.

The action stuff is only good if you get the character stuff in there as well. Sometimes that get lost in amongst all the trying to make stuff blow up.

Long-term boredom can't lead to anything good.

I'd just like to carry on acting.

Supposedly I'm impossible to talk to. But it's honestly not me being difficult. Sometimes you just don't have a lot to say.

I'm not one of those people who's saying "I'm going to set up a production company", because I like acting and not having to be a business man and do that side of things.

That's the main thing, looking for interesting characters, good directors, and experiences where you're growing and learning.

I've got a really great family round me, two sisters and an older brother and my mum and dad. Everybody's equal.

I was really in to shiny things when I was younger and I stole a shiny tag for my dog. I didn't get caught. I hope I don't go to jail for that.

When you're on TV and in people's houses - it's great that anybody watches anything you've done, but you feel as though you're being watched by Big Brother sometimes. Even if people have no idea who you are, you get the feeling you're being watched.

Nowadays we have so many things that take our attention - phones, Internet - and perhaps we need to disconnect from those and focus on the immediate world around us and the people that are actually present.

I'll eat anything. I ate antelope once in Swaziland. I didn't know what it was until I'd started chewing it. Everything tastes like chicken though doesn't it? It wasn't bad.

I think all teenagers feel alone, and that nobody else knows what they are going through and all that sort of stuff.

Anybody who has a problem with 'Skins' obviously doesn't understand teenage life.

I remember doing my SATs on a film set; you had to complete the tests in a certain time and, obviously, you couldn't be interrupted. I think I did pretty well; it wasn't too difficult.

I'm not one of those people who sits around knowing all bands and going to gigs all the time.

I'm kind of feeling ashamed now that I never get bullied. Everyone keeps asking me, but I don't, and it's kind of annoying. I wish I could say I did get bullied, because then everyone would feel sorry for me.

If you're out, and starving, and need a bite to eat, then you need fast food.

I won't eat veal, and my mum won't eat lamb, because she thinks it's a bit harsh to eat cute things.

I don't mind my eyebrows. They add... something to me. I wouldn't say they were my best feature, though. People tell me they like my eyes. They distract from the eyebrows.

I always like to keep busy, otherwise my brain starts ticking.