Top 50 Douglas Booth Quotes

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.

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

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.

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

I can play the trumpet. Before I became an actor, I wanted to be the next Louis Armstrong. I started young and got to grade seven. When I turned 13, everyone started whipping out guitars, looking cool and joining rock bands, so I stopped playing.

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

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

Every year I look at the ‘GQ’ Best-Dressed List and have thought what an honour it must be to be included. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw my own face in there.

I think I’m low-maintenance.

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 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.

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

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

My grandfather was a great chef.

I’m a huge festival fan. I love to dance and dance all night long.

It’s fun to play a dark character, but you go home at the end of the day not feeling very good about yourself. You go away feeling dirty. It seeps into the air.

I’ve spent a lot of my teenage years working on sets. I’ve missed out on more than just playing rugby, but I think I’ve managed to keep my feet on the ground and keep my friends around me.

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

One of the biggest things I used to struggle with was about things like going on holiday. Whereas all your friends can talk about something and plan something all year long, I know that I’m probably going to be away and I’m going to miss all of it. If a job comes up, you just can’t be there.

When I was younger, I looked a lot older than I was. They have these working laws in England where you have to be 16: if you’re over 16, you don’t have to be restrained by working hours and things like that. In America, it’s actually 18.

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

I would hope I was raised polite and charming.

I took up drama and did so much extracurricular work, like the National Youth Theatre and Guildhall’s Saturday school. Acting is where I felt most comfortable and how I wanted to express myself.

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

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

‘Romeo & Juliet’ is still relevant and real.

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

I suppose ‘Worried About the Boy’ was a brave choice, but only in the sense that if I didn’t get it right, my career would be over before it had begun.

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

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.’

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

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

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.

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

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.

The first lead that I ever played was a young Boy George when I was seventeen. I shaved my eyebrows off. That’s as far from leading man looks as you can get.

I love the challenge of playing characters forced on life-changing emotional journeys. To work on a project with Billy Crudup and Sam Rockwell is just a dream come true.

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

Dickens writes such brilliant characters and stories, and his themes and social commentary are still so relevant. I think that’s why he’s still so loved today.

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

I tried to forget about playing Romeo in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and just think about him as a normal guy, as a normal character, and just try and approach him the same I would every other character.

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

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

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

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

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

The negative about acting is that you have to spend a great deal of time away from your friends and loved ones, but it’s not like working a 9-5 job and only having two or three weeks off a year. I may not have seen my girlfriend for two or three months, but then we can spend two or three months together solidly.

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

I like to wake up late, around 11 A.M., especially if I have been out the night before. Then I go to brunch with either my friends or my girlfriend. I then like to just chill out: read the papers, read some scripts and then take it very easy. If it’s sunny, I go for a walk with my dog, Niles, in the countryside.