Quotes from Keiynan Lonsdale

I suffered a lot from social anxiety, and being on set was really scary to me. That fear can cause limits in your art and your performance because you're not going all in because there is this little thing in your head.

Hearing that you fit into someone's idea of a superhero is a huge confidence builder.

Don't ever deny yourself a chance at your dreams. We're all meant for great things, but not everyone believes that can happen.

Sometimes I fall into the trap of keeping too much to myself, but I think it's important to preserve certain things, it leaves something to the imagination.

At some point, I came out to a lot of friends and some family, but then I went back in the closet when I started working as an actor in America.

When we have a lot of the running, which we do on green screen, that is actually the hardest... I swear I have, like, four separate scenes in a row running, and I'd only done one at a time before.

I think younger fans can't quite grasp that's what you do as an actor. They're like, 'It doesn't make sense. How can he talk like this when he talks like that on the show!' It's really cute, actually.

I respect anyone who achieves something that countless others have dared to try before and failed.

'The Flash' comics are visually amazing and so well done. I wish I had been introduced to them when I was growing up.

I actually don't label myself, but... Some people call me queer; some people call me bisexual, whatever it is now. I'm happy with all of it 'cause it all sort of represents me, in a way. I spent a majority of my life in the closet.

Some people think 'Higher' is about literally getting high, and other people think it's more in a spiritual sense. To me, it's all that. To me, it was like I need to escape from this down state - emotionally, spiritually, mentally, everything. I want to be above this. Wherever we are now. I need to go up.

I have a lot of brothers, and three or four of them love 'The Flash'.

I think what's really important is valuing friendships and family a lot.

My main advice is, if it's something you really want to do, then just go for it.

If you really are passionate about it, you're just going to find a way to make it happen.

I started writing when I was, like, eleven. We couldn't afford private lessons, so I had to teach myself how to sing through recording songs on GarageBand.

L.A. is cool because its still got the beaches and stuff like Sydney. But I can't get Tim Tams. They're, like, these chocolate biscuits with chocolate on the inside and on the outside, and they are the best.

I always find time to hang with friends at least once a week or just watch TV and play video games. The combination of Netflix and food is just the best.

If you truly love something, fight for it every day, as long as it makes you happy.

As much as I think that in the future we won't need labels, at the moment they're really important. So I'm making myself embrace that. I truly am proud to be queer. Even watching 'Queer Eye' is something that inspired me to say that. So that's the power of representation.

I think, in general, straight actors should be able to play queer roles just as much as queer actors should be able to play straight roles. I think the reason why the debate is there is because we haven't had enough queer actors being cast in anything. People are in need of that representation in general.

Once I wrapped 'Insurgent', I went to Boston and shot a film called 'The Finest Hours.' It's based on a real story in 1952 about a Coast Guard mission to rescue these sinking ships that are caught in a blizzard.

If you're gonna take in the love, you've gotta take in the hate. Or at least recognize it.

I've become bored of being insecure, ashamed, scared... no one should feel like that about themselves, especially when there is so much good life to live.