Douglas Booth Quotes

Yeah, 'Requiem for a Dream' - it'll put you off a lot of things, that film, that's for sure.

I'm not a player; I'm just a lovely guy, and I can show a girl a good time.

'Noah,' for me, wasn't a decision about taking on the Bible. It was about working with Darren Aronofsky.

We live in a beauty-obsessed age and success sometimes appears to hinge solely on the presentation of an image that is acceptable to the press.

I dreamt of being an actor ever since I was young.

I'd imagine a great date would be to go skiing. Imagine going skiing. Go ski with someone, if they can ski.

I remember someone saying to my mom that it must be so glamorous to have a child acting in movies. They had no idea how hard it was for her.

I've met some of the most beautiful women in the world, and I can tell you lots of them are the most unattractive people I've ever met.

I live for challenges. In my career, all I want to do is try to challenge myself and have a varied career.

I don't feel like I've ever kissed any of the people I have done for acting. That moment didn't exist for you; it existed for that person.

Each character you play has its own set of characteristics, for want of a better word.

I just think if you're going to do something, do it properly.

My friends joke I'm a 90-year-old stuck in a young man's body.

Obviously, you never shoot the scenes of a film in order or only very rarely.

It's very important to hold on to what you want. In front of you is very easy fame and very easy money.

I would hope I was raised polite and charming.

It's great to fall head over heels in love at a fast pace, and nothing's more romantic, but you need to look after yourself.

More often than not, if you've got a good director and a good script you can't really go wrong.

As a kid, I used to run around our garden waving a stick and pretending to be a million different people. That's why I became an actor, really.

I'm literally into any type of music imaginable.

When I meet girls, I pray that they don't know who I am. But I know that's limiting myself quite a lot.

The grittier, the dirtier, the worse I can look, the happier I am. It takes the pressure off.

I may not have seen my girlfriend for two or three months, but then we can spend two or three months together solidly. It's swings and roundabouts.

The 'boy next door' parts I get offered, I don't find interesting.

Sexuality is such a small part of the make-up of someone; it's not who they are.

I've never been aware of the difference between so-called posh actors and working-class actors.

Who doesn't want to fly around in a spaceship?

I turned down one of the big young adult franchises.

You can have a great script, or a great director and a bad script, and get a great movie. Nothing really guarantees anything.

When you're forced to watch something in school, you never really enjoy it; you sort of rebel against it in a certain way.

I love clothes and do sort of change my wardrobe a lot. But a thousand dollar jacket? I'd rather spend it on an experience, like traveling.

I'm pretty romantic.

It's better to think of life as a proper journey with a beginning and an end. Maybe, I can settle for being immortalised on screen.

I think Hollywood is interesting. As an actor, Hollywood would be a horrible place to go if you weren't actually invited.

On a Friday night, I like to go out because my friends, who have been working normal hours, just want to let go after a stressful week at work.

External beauty is a bizarre thing to me.

If my feet ever left the ground, my mother would soon put them back down.

I'm still in the first baby steps of my career, so I've got so much to learn and so much to figure out.

I've always enjoyed being on a horse.

I like to travel, but honestly I really like to just be at home in London and spend time with my friends.

I believe if you're prepared to kill the animal, you're allowed to eat it.

I don't necessarily want to hear about my talent or my greatness as an actor.

I think I'm low-maintenance.

Romeo and Juliet were stunning and beautiful, but a lot of the other characters surrounding them were caricatures.

David Cameron was a good-looking chap in his day!

I loved 'Gladiator' when I was young. Russell Crowe was a big inspiration; the fact that he plays my father in 'Noah' was amazing.

Sometimes things are nothing on paper, but a genius director turns it into something amazing.

If a rock band throws a TV set out of a hotel window, it's seen as anti-Establishment.

I get bored quite easily, so I like to keep my mind entertained by challenging myself.

I saw 'Othello' at the National Theatre in London, and it was so stunning. I was so moved. It's beautiful.

When I do go to L.A., it is usually for a reason - to meet with a director or something - but I'm always so happy to go back to London.

'Romeo & Juliet' is still relevant and real.

The British actors I've met and worked with have all been very supportive of each other.

I think we can't feed the amount of people that are on this planet the way we are doing it.

For me, if Shakespeare was around today, he'd be writing screenplays - a big Hollywood movie.

For the moment, whenever I read, it is normally scripts. You start a book and then you think, 'I should be reading these five scripts.'

Some people call me Dougie Fresh. I don't know why.

I have always wanted to work with Judy Dench, and that hasn't happened yet, so that would be fun.

'GQ,' you've been patiently and stylishly educating me forever. To be truly stylish, you have to be kind and courteous.

I only want to work with interesting filmmakers.

I was lucky enough to get a very good agent at the age of 15, and got my first film when I was 16, so it's been rolling on since then.

Communication is important.

I like to cook Vietnamese pho or vegetarian curries. I need to cook more but I need somebody to cook with.

I think it's more important to seek the truth than to try and be perfect, to be honest.

The best thing I've ever done for a girl hopefully is make them happy. Isn't that the most romantic thing you can do?

I don't think I've reached perfection by any stretch of the imagination, but maybe someday I'll become a perfectionist.

I looked on IMDB, at the message boards there, and someone had posted something about a sheep having more talent than me.

You may have a broken heart, but you may find someone else.

My grandfather was a great chef.

I live alone so I always just eat out. When I'm in another relationship, then maybe we'll start cooking together.

What is life unless you're having a good time? I don't really have a plan; I just try to dip my toes in different ponds.

I loved 'Harry Potter' growing up. I'm dyslexic and a slow reader, but I could get through the thick ones in days!

I try to find more interesting material with each project I do.

The most romantic things are very small, kind gestures from people you love.

I suppose to a certain degree. London's my favorite place on the planet and the reason for that is its fantastic diversity.

I love to dance and dance all night long.

I grew up in London, and that's where I spend most of my time. Unless I have a really good reason not to be, I'll always be in London.

I love history, and Churchill is one of my favorite people to study. He's a fascinating, fascinating man.