Ansel Elgort Quotes
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The first movie I ever cried at was when I was 10 years old and saw 'The Notebook' in theaters. I was like, 'Whoa, so weird. Crying at a movie? I'm not supposed to do that. So weird.' I didn't know that art could make you do that.
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I wanted to be a lot of things in my life.
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When I was in lower school, I graduated from fourth grade, and the principal gave us a summer assignment to take a 30-minute reflection period every day. And, of course, there were no cell phones at the time. She said to just think. And that's lost. It doesn't exist anymore. Just imagine being on a couch and just thinking.
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I'm a physical guy. I play basketball, and I rock climb.
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I have a lot of weird interests, but everything I do is artistic.
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When girls scream my name and start crying, I blush like crazy.
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I'm starting to get a following on Twitter. That's a really awesome power to have. It gives me the opportunity to make any kind of art I want.
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Growing up on, say, the Upper East Side, you're so isolated. If you go to the Hamptons every weekend, you never talk to a construction worker, and the construction worker would never talk to you.
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I would like to do more independent films.
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I like strong women. Physical women.
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I think that most people who are just artists, who are getting famous, would trade a lot of their fame back for some normalcy, pretty much immediately.
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Just in terms of the opportunity I've gotten is amazing. I consider myself super, super, super lucky.
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A lot of high school students on TV and in Broadway are played by people in their late 20s and even early 30s. That seems weird to me.
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I love to cry. It's great.
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Sometimes you want to read what people write about you, obviously.
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Girls love it when you have some weird nerdy thing in your room. It makes you look less threatening, even though I'm, like, very threatening. I'm the most threatening guy ever.
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Technology moves so fast and social media moves so fast because everyone wants the new thing, but also, everyone wants to be where their parents are not. Once the mom got a Facebook and a Twitter and an Instagram, I don't want to be there anymore.
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I like to buy girls shoes and jewelry. I buy stupidly expensive shoes. I got Louboutins for my mom and my girlfriend before. My mom was like, 'I can't wear these; they're too high.' I was like, 'Mom, you have to try them - they're so cool. They're red snakeskin!' She still wears them every so often, but she can't walk in them.
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The first show I did was 'The Nutcracker' ballet. I was one of the kids who comes out in the beginning.
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I'll work thirteen hours at a time producing a new track. Not a lot of people understand that - not girlfriends, friends, family.
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Picture-taking is an ensemble art - like theater.
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My mom is very romantic. As is my dad. They appreciate real romance.
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I think my parents raised me well. And I'm pretty straight edge. All my friends make fun of me for being straight edge.
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When I chose to do 'Carrie,' I never had done anything on camera before. I was always onstage, so everything surprised me. Just going on set and walking into a makeup trailer and seeing Chloe Moretz and Julianne Moore - 'Wow, I am part of this ensemble.'