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James Dean was always a tortured soul.
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I don't want money to ever drive my career. I want my career to be driven by what I want to do in art.
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When girls scream my name and start crying, I blush like crazy.
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Human beings are a wonderful virus in some ways.
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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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My fans are going to be there for me.
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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'm a physical guy. I play basketball, and I rock climb.
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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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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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I cry whenever I watch an emotional scene that I did, just because it brings me back to that moment. It's like, I remember being there; I remember feeling what I felt. It's really weird, right?
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My dad was always taking photos of us at home, and even on set - he'd bring us along and stick us in the photos in the background. It was almost the beginning of acting for me, like, 'Hey, you go over there and play basketball in the background, and don't even think about the camera.'
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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.'
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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 hated the ballet, but I liked performing. I did 20 shows, and I couldn't get the smile off my face.
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I'd like to be Gandalf for a day - he's so wise, he's so powerful, and he's so caring. I love Gandalf. When they remake 'Lord of The Rings,' maybe I'll play it.
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I don't want anyone part of my love life besides me and the person I'm loving.
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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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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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I love to cry. It's great.
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Picture-taking is an ensemble art - like theater.
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Parents can't monitor what you are doing on Snapchat.
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I like strong women. Physical women.
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I want to play everything. I want to be like Christian Bale: I want to be able to be Batman and then, like, his character in 'The Fighter.' That is what is so impressive about really good actors, that they can be character actors and leading men at the same time.
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