Quotes from Nicholas Hoult

Life's too short for regrets.

I don't really have disappointments, because I build myself up for rejection.

I can be a bit grumpy. I'm full of angst, and hormones.

I don't want to share my worries - that's for me to know.

By the time I was 14, I was about six foot. I remember going into auditions, and they'd look at how tall I was and say, 'Well, you're taller than the lead actor, so there's no way we can cast you.

When I like something, I love it, but then I'll let it go completely.

A lot of child actors keep acting for the wrong reasons.

After 'Skins' I became mildly famous, which was a bit of a disaster.

I think interviews can be fine. It's just there's this terrible fear of coming off wrongly or saying something that gets taken out of context.

That's how I believed relationships worked: You go into town, pick up the girl you want, then ride off into the mountains and the townsfolk can't get them back.

I'm happy with my career and I'm not going to have the trouble of being typecast.

Other people's success spurs me on to do well and gives me motivation.

I manage to live pretty normally.

Occasionally people will look at me and do a double take and they'll look at me like they're trying to think where they know me from.

As you're growing up, it's odd, because directors don't expect you to grow up. They think you'll be young forever, but as an actor, there is an awkward period when you're too young for old or too old for young, and it can be an odd time.

I try not to be too optimistic or pessimistic. If you're a pessimist then that's depressing all the time; if you're an optimist and things don't work out then that's depressing, too.

I've realized why I don't tell the truth in interviews. It's because they're printed months later, and you change so quickly - you have new thoughts, new everything - so people are reading an old version of you.

My mum always says work goes in waves: you have a good spell and then it dips.

The lead actor, along with the director, plays a big role in what the vibe will be on set, and that's a huge responsibility.

I think if you set yourself specific goals, that's quite a lot of pressure.

Other people's success spurs me on to do well and gives me motivation.

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

After 'Skins' I became mildly famous, which was a bit of a disaster.

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