Ansel Elgort Quotes

I played the young Reese Witherspoon in 'Sweet Home Alabama' when I was 7, and the boy who played the young Josh Lucas was 10.

Growing up on a set is completely different than coming onto a brand new set for the first time.

'School Daze' was one of the highlights of my life because it was the first chance I had to act on screen. I would have been happy if that had been it, because I proved that I could do it.

'Desperate Housewives' is an ensemble cast, where I played a tertiary character. I made a lot of great friends, but that show didn't keep me very busy.

I learnt a lot as a child actor. Since I had been before the camera, I knew how it would be to be on a set or on a shoot. That way it was easy for me when I re-entered the industry as the main lead.

I don't miss acting in films. I haven't had that many good experiences with it. If I had, I probably would like it more.

I never did a convention before I did 'The Hobbit.'

I was definitely nervous turning up on my first day to shoot with Woody Allen.

I dream of acting with Kevin Costner. I would love to do a movie with him. Not something funny, but a dramatic role.

It was my first scene in any movie and my only scene in Kramer vs. Kramer. I was petrified.

Seeing someone happy on set is just a very small slice of the reality of an actor's life.

I wanted to be a stage actor but I got stuck on television. It took a couple of years to get used to.

One of the best things - and something I'm grateful for every time I walk onto a film set - is my six and a half years on Dawson's Creek and the experience it afforded me in how to get comfortable with the camera.

I started acting professionally when I was about 17. I worked immediately, but a year into it, I did an independent film in Canada, and that started it all. It was proof that maybe I could do this as a career.

I started as a director very young and fell into acting.

I fell into music, but I just needed to find the right moment to jump into acting.

It wasn't like I ever said, 'I want to be an actor.' I was in the right place at the right time. I went to a local drama group because I found football on the weekends too cold - which is highly ironic because I've had some of the coldest experiences of my life filming 'Game of Thrones.'

'Apocalypse Now' was my craziest experience ever. I was 14 years old, and I'd lied about my age to get the role. I haven't had another film top it.

It was only after I'd had some injuries that I basically retired from the performing side of show business and then began working in casting. I did that for 19 years or so before a friend of mine decided to cast me as Phyllis Lapin-Vance on 'The Office.'

It was always my goal to be a working actor.

The first important movie that I did, I shaved my head for the movie. When the hair grew back, I had white hair for the first time in my life.

I landed the female lead role on 'Chuck' within three days of landing in L.A., so it was a little overwhelming, and I definitely felt like I got thrown into the deep end.

When I was a very young actor, I cruised around in a pretty cool vehicle called the Starship Enterprise.

'Cuckoo's Nest' came along, and I was cast, and that was great, but it was my first film, so I felt like I was kind of walking around on the set as Walk-On A.

I used to be a model, but acting was never on my mind.