Words matter. These are the best Charlie Heaton Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
All my friends have always been older than me.
I had this crazy trajectory. I went from literally living in a hostel in L.A. at the beginning of 2015 to shooting ‘Stranger Things’ at the end of 2015.
When you’re a young actor, you’re expected to live a transient life.
I got my awkward years out of the way.
Sometimes you watch stuff and it’s like, oh God – it’s the obvious cliches of the genre. You’ve got to do better.
I think acting’s very natural. It comes from a place of honesty, and if someone tries to teach you their way of doing it, that could be quite damaging.
I want to work and continue to work – that’s all I’ve ever done.
You can go to school and learn and that works for some people. But I think the best kind of learning is practical and learning on the job.
I seem to have the best onscreen mums.
I wouldn’t say I do that much extreme sport – maybe one day.
I’m pretty adventurous, I go out a lot.
I don’t like watching horror films. I actually don’t. I don’t watch horror films.
If you don’t know, ‘The New Mutants’ is like an ‘X-Men’ spin-off. It was a comic book; Bill Sienkiewicz did it and it was an ‘X-Men’ comic. It’s basically like a separate bunch of mutants.
Every time I go somewhere, I’m like, ‘This is where I want to be.’ And then I’m like, ‘But do I want to live here?’
Prior to doing ‘Marrowbone,’ I’d done three projects, which were all American.
A lot of the things that we do in life are to find connection.
They see you as one thing, and you continue to do that. Do you want to play this really awkward, offbeat outsider? Yeah. I can – but I can do other things. It’s having people trust that you can do other things, or proving it to them.
I used to play in bands and my dad, he’s a big Beatles fan, so I grew up on a lot of Beatles and you kind of find your own way in music.
I’m extremely excited and honoured to be given the opportunity to take on the portrayal of Joseph Merrick in the BBC’s adaption of ‘The Elephant Man.’ This is such a special role and a challenge for any actor.
Just traveling all the time you gotta keep your teeth clean.
My first job was a commercial for a Swiss insurance company. It was an eight-minute short with a proper story arc, and it ended up getting a spot at Cannes Lions; I was lucky to avoid the commercials where you’re their puppet.
I grew up in Bridlington until I was 16, and I lived with my mum and my sisters. I finished school, got my GCSE’s, and at the time I didn’t know what I wanted to do.
I’ve lived out of a suitcase for four years.
I had done acting at school, and it felt like something that came very naturally to me.
That concept is quite universal, looking for love.
