Nicholas Hoult quotes:

Anybody who has a problem with 'Skins' obviously doesn't understand teenage life.

I've realized why I don't tell the truth in interviews. It's because they're printed months later, and you change so quickly - you have new thoughts, new everything - so people are reading an old version of you.

It's always a bit overwhelming when you arrive on set and everyone's new, but you soon become a big family. I find the hardest thing about acting is that you have to say goodbye to everyone at the end of a shoot.

After 'Skins' I became mildly famous, which was a bit of a disaster.

I've got a really great family round me, two sisters and an older brother and my mum and dad. Everybody's equal.

Other people's success spurs me on to do well and gives me motivation.

As you're growing up, it's odd, because directors don't expect you to grow up. They think you'll be young forever, but as an actor, there is an awkward period when you're too young for old or too old for young, and it can be an odd time.

I'm not one of those people who sits around knowing all bands and going to gigs all the time.

Occasionally people will look at me and do a double take and they'll look at me like they're trying to think where they know me from.

I can be a bit grumpy. Im full of angst, and hormones.

When you're on TV and in people's houses - it's great that anybody watches anything you've done, but you feel as though you're being watched by Big Brother sometimes. Even if people have no idea who you are, you get the feeling you're being watched.

If you're out, and starving, and need a bite to eat, then you need fast food.

I think interviews can be fine. It's just there's this terrible fear of coming off wrongly or saying something that gets taken out of context.

Occasionally people will look at me and do a double take and theyll look at me like theyre trying to think where they know me from.

I think if you set yourself specific goals, that's quite a lot of pressure.

I can be a bit grumpy. I'm full of angst, and hormones.

Nowadays we have so many things that take our attention - phones, Internet - and perhaps we need to disconnect from those and focus on the immediate world around us and the people that are actually present.

Life's too short for regrets.

I don't really have disappointments, because I build myself up for rejection.

I just want to be a better actor. You can always get better.

I always like to keep busy, otherwise my brain starts ticking.

I was really in to shiny things when I was younger and I stole a shiny tag for my dog. I didn't get caught. I hope I don't go to jail for that.

I won't eat veal, and my mum won't eat lamb, because she thinks it's a bit harsh to eat cute things.

I try not to be too optimistic or pessimistic. If you're a pessimist then that's depressing all the time; if you're an optimist and things don't work out then that's depressing, too.

The lead actor, along with the director, plays a big role in what the vibe will be on set, and that's a huge responsibility.

I remember doing my SATs on a film set; you had to complete the tests in a certain time and, obviously, you couldn't be interrupted. I think I did pretty well; it wasn't too difficult.

That's the main thing, looking for interesting characters, good directors, and experiences where you're growing and learning.

My mum always says work goes in waves: you have a good spell and then it dips.

I try not to be too optimistic or pessimistic. If you're a pessimist then that's depressing all the time; if you're an optimist and things don't work out then that's depressing, too."

A lot of child actors keep acting for the wrong reasons.

I'm kind of feeling ashamed now that I never get bullied. Everyone keeps asking me, but I don't, and it's kind of annoying. I wish I could say I did get bullied, because then everyone would feel sorry for me.

When I like something, I love it, but then I'll let it go completely.

I'm not scared of growing up, but it just happens, doesn't it?

As a kid, when you're in a film with somebody, you look up to them, you know?

By the time I was 14, I was about six foot. I remember going into auditions, and they'd look at how tall I was and say, 'Well, you're taller than the lead actor, so there's no way we can cast you.

I don't like watching myself. I get embarrassed.

I don't think parents always know where their children are going or what they are doing, what they are up to.

I don't want to share my worries - that's for me to know.

I manage to live pretty normally.

I think all teenagers feel alone, and that nobody else knows what they are going through and all that sort of stuff.

I try not to read about myself. Why would reading about yourself be interesting? You're only going to be told you're doing a good job and get big headed about it, or be told you're rubbish and get down in the dumps. What's the point?

I'd just like to carry on acting.

I'm happy with my career and I'm not going to have the trouble of being typecast.

I'm not one of those people who's saying "I'm going to set up a production company", because I like acting and not having to be a business man and do that side of things.

I'm not too vain - I sometimes take pride in my appearance, but I stick to the rule never to spend longer than a girl getting ready.

In real life you get out of the shower naked, so why wouldn't you do it on screen? It's just a normal thing.

Long-term boredom can't lead to anything good.

Supposedly I'm impossible to talk to. But it's honestly not me being difficult. Sometimes you just don't have a lot to say.

That's how I believed relationships worked: You go into town, pick up the girl you want, then ride off into the mountains and the townsfolk can't get them back.