You can be really weird, and people will still accept you if you’re in movies. I’m not actually weird, but if I feel like being weird, then I can do it, and they accept it because you’re an actor. – Ansel Elgort
I’m not really too worried about what I’m gonna do next, because I just think of my career as, like, having sixty years ahead of me. – Ansel Elgort
I love Marlon Brando and James Dean. That was when it was all about the star and the script. Nowadays, everything has to be action-packed. – Ansel Elgort
I never felt fanboyish about acting, about actors, about movies. I’m a fanboy with music. – Ansel Elgort
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. – Ansel Elgort
I’ll work thirteen hours at a time producing a new track. Not a lot of people understand that – not girlfriends, friends, family. – Ansel Elgort
I don’t want to just fall back on the fact that I was on the cover of ‘GQ’ for being an actor. – Ansel Elgort
With ‘Carrie,’ I did, like, seven auditions. I’d never done a movie, so they wanted to make sure I wasn’t going to ruin it. I don’t blame them. – Ansel Elgort
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. – Ansel Elgort
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? – Ansel Elgort
My dad said to always do what I loved and not worry about the money or anything, because if I do what I love, then the money will come. – Ansel Elgort
Most actors nowadays are models turned actors. That’s why a lot of young actors are terrible. You have to learn how to act. It is not something that you can just do. – Ansel Elgort
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.’ – Ansel Elgort
‘East of Eden’ is an important story for me. It’s about a kid that’s misunderstood and feels like he’s not loved by his father. It’s a very father-son kind of story, and it’s not until the end that they sort of make up. I like that because every boy has trouble with his father, so it’s very relatable. – Ansel Elgort
My dad grew up in Washington Heights. I grew up in New York in Manhattan. So we’re purebred New Yorkers. – Ansel Elgort
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. – Ansel Elgort
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. – Ansel Elgort
My style is clubby and groovy – you can jump to it, but you don’t just have to just jump to it. It’s not just really bass-heavy and hurts your ears; you move with it, and it sounds kind of tribal. – Ansel Elgort
This is sort of not expected, but I would love to produce a record for Missy Elliott. It would be totally different, but she makes party music. ‘Lose Control’ was my favorite song when I was in 5th or 6th grade. – Ansel Elgort
I think it’s important I stay connected to every part of my personality. I play basketball. I rock climb. I paint. I’m a little bit scattered, but it’s so I can convincingly play all these characters. – Ansel Elgort