Quotes by Ansel Elgort

"I want to do movies, television and theater. Whatever comes along."

"I have a lot of weird interests, but everything I do is artistic."

"Picture-taking is an ensemble art - like theater."

"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."

"All I want to do is work."

"From an early age, I understood the concept that, if you're not the star, then your job is to not pull attention away from the star."

"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.'"

"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."

"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."

"I hated the ballet, but I liked performing. I did 20 shows, and I couldn't get the smile off my face."

"I write music because I love it. Sometimes more than anything in the world."

"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."

"I don't believe in spending money lavishly, now that I'm making money."

"As an actor, you want a director who makes you feel comfortable in a place that you can really create and try a lot of different things."

"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."