Quotes from Cole Sprouse

I think Jughead's a selfish character. I think he really is.

It's pretty inappropriate of fans to think they can expect any kind of narrative from showrunners or writers or actors. I just don't think that's the way you should engage with material that you're watching as a passive audience member.

I couldn't continue to live in a bubble and hope to be an empathic actor. It doesn't work.

I am a sucker for that childhood romance narrative.

My background with acting is deeply interwoven with my family life and my childhood. It's a 'Peter Pan'-like narrative, something that was golden but could also be a bit dubious.

When I would read the 'Archie' comics when I was younger, I was rooting for Betty and Archie way over any alternative.

I had a really complicated relationship with acting for a long time.

I just survived a Disney career without singing. I don't want to, like, fall back in. I feel like I escaped, so if we could avoid it for as long as possible, that would be great.

I get on Facebook, and I love it. Then one day, I get a message that says, 'Your account has been deleted.' I click on the link to see why it was deleted, and it says, 'Your account has been suspended because members are not allowed to impersonate celebrities.'

Part of the reason I went to college was that I wanted to fade out peacefully: show everybody I had gone through something that was quite challenging and difficult but did so with grace and poise and got an education.

If someone feels afraid to tell you honest criticism, then you're never going to improve.

I focus on different parts of the body on different days. It's usually high-intensity circuits and a lot of body weight stuff.

I believe every photographer is influenced by their sexual preference in a greater or lesser way, and it certainly has affected me.

Being on set is the thing I love the most, and a lot of the things that come alongside acting and entertainment are the things I despise, to be quite honest.

I take a lot of pride in my photography.

I think we all have different ways with coming to terms with celebrity if you're raised within it. Everyone goes through it differently, and there's no one right answer.

I was having a dilemma whether I wanted to return to acting at all because I was coming from this sort of agency-less childhood career, and I'd never made the choice to go into acting.

I don't come from a lot, so Disney gave me the opportunity to go to college, which is great. My brother and I are some of the first in our family to ever do that.

Jughead, to me, was reflective of a teen experience that made a lot of sense to me.

I think the teenage sides of myself have informed my adult self.

Y'know, I think, inherently, when you hear something like a teenage narrative come into play, even the idea that it's being called 'teenage' is a notion that it's being reduced to a problem that's not quite adult. That's a problematic thing to say about a narrative that could actually be dangerous, could be hurtful, could be upsetting.

My brother and I have a profound nostalgia for our youth, and I think people need to come to terms with things leaving and being gone.

Photography is a pursuit that allows you to be very hands-on with what you show people of either yourself or the art you want to make, and acting is kind of the exact opposite. You do have a modicum of creative freedom as an actor, but you're still very much a cipher for other people's art.

I prefer my friends and family not to watch anything I do.