Top 60 Liam Hemsworth Quotes

Ninety percent of my best friends back home are plumbers, electricians, builders, or landscapers. Most of our dads worked in trades.

I feel like it’s the most boring thing, sitting on the treadmill or on a bike. It just explodes my mind!

I’ve worked with little kid actors before, and when they start crying or anything like that, it makes my job so easy, because you react. A little kid crying, there’s not much else to do.

I love fried food.

I think when people see photos of you out and about in your personal life, they assume that you’ve asked for it or that you want that attention, but I don’t think anyone in their right mind asks for that kind of thing.

I love junk food.

I’m a really fast runner. No one can catch me – I’m quick.

If you put the work in, and you show that you’re willing to work hard, you’ll succeed.

I surfed competitively from age 13 to 18. Every day, before and after school. I wanted to surf for the rest of my life. It’s what all my friends did – I even had it as a subject in school for a number of years.

I like suits that are fitted. And I usually stick to grays, whites, and blacks.

Growing up, I lived a moderate lifestyle with my family.

I feel like the books were just written like a movie. You read it and you can just kind of see everything. Before I went in to read with the director, I read the first book and I loved it. I didn’t realize how good the writing was. And then I went in and read with Gary Ross, and that was it.

I learn more with every job, and I’m very thankful for where I am.

I used to wear my brothers’ hand-me-downs, which were all too big on me.

I feel like anything I’m doing in life, I try to stay myself and be as honest and true as I can be, you know, and be a nice person. I’ve always been taught to be kind to people and have an open mind about life.

Southern people remind me a lot of Australia.

Personally, when I’m not working, I like to do as many things outside of the industry as I can – other things that make me happy. You kind of need to be grounded in something else besides just being an actor.

I don’t lift weights.

We’re showing a situation that these kids are caught in and being forced to do but the violence is not glorified. Most of the kids in there are not wanting to be doing it.

The people that live in these districts, they don’t want to watch it. They don’t want to see their children die or killing other people. The only people that it is entertainment to are the people in the capital that have been brainwashed and are misguided and living in a completely unrealistic kind of world.

The first few years in L.A. were really tough and scary, but I had to figure things out for myself.

I don’t spend a lot of money on myself, really.

For a few years, I went down a path where I forgot to be in the moment and enjoy the moment.

At this point, I’m happy to be part of something special. As an actor I liked to choose scripts that I’m passionate about.

Gary Ross is amazing.

We shot in a place called Asheville, which is like beautiful, beautiful forests. And then part of it we shot all the reaping stuff, which was just crazy – because the reaping in the book and in the script is such an emotional thing for everyone. It really did feel like that when we were shooting it.

Gary Ross is amazing. He’s just – he always has a billion ideas of what he wants, but has a very clear perspective also; he just makes it work. He really does. He’s trying different things and making everything look amazing.

I’m pretty outdoorsy!

My dad worked for child protection.

Honestly, I really, really love making movies. It’s so much fun, and I love losing myself in the moment and just being there with other actors. When you’re truly in the moment and you’re feeding each other, it’s such an exciting thing to be a part of.

The hamburgers in America are the best in the world.

My uncles used to call me ‘Devil Child,’ or ‘Triple’ for triple six. They used to tell my brother Chris that they were going to get the demons out of him because he was also a little crazy. But to me, they’d just be like, ‘You’re too far gone. There’s no exorcising you anymore.’

I like getting my feet massaged; I’ll get whoever’s closest to do it.

I just live my life.

I love getting into physical shape for a film; it makes me feel more like what the character needs to be.

My favorite actors are Matt Damon and Leonardo DiCaprio and Will Smith – guys like that.

I was a naughty kid.

Mel’s Diner in L.A. – they are my favorite hamburgers. I could eat there every day. They are ridiculous.

I go down to Newport and Huntington a lot. It’s more crowded than where I grew up on Phillip Island, but I think it’s helped me adjust to life in America – getting into the water as much as I can.

I think a lot of stuff like people’s emails getting hacked or that an email you sent is stored on a hard drive somewhere, that kind of stuff worries me a little bit. It’s a weird thought that someone else could get into my information that easily. That stuff’s pretty scary.

We love making movies. We got into the business to make movies. At the end of the day, whether you’re doing a low budget film or a big budget film, you want it to do well and you want people to see it. That’s the whole point. You want to put some kind of message in it.

I love New York. It just reminds me of so many movies… I look up at buildings, and feel like Godzilla should be climbing up them or something.

When I’m boxing, if my career isn’t going well, at least I feel mentally and physically strong.

Most of my friends surfed, so we would go before school, after school – literally, whenever we could.

I work with accent coaches a lot and try to do my best to get the Australian out of there.

I get a little scared sometimes. A lot of things scare me.

I grew up in a good family with good parents, and I was able to dream big and have the support to live it out.

I’d love to do action-y types of films; you know, as long as they’re good stories.

I don’t generally hang out with crazy people.

If we get to shoot the third one, which I’m really hoping we do, the third one’s great. There’s a big uprising and rebellion, and my character Gale’s a big part of that. If we get to shoot that, I’ll be very, very pleased.

I had four films one year that were supposed to happen and didn’t.

We had a black bear on the ‘Hunger Games’ set, and that was a little scary.

Acting is a tough business to break into.

‘The Hunger Games’ takes place in Panem, a country which is part of America. It’s post-apocalyptic. There’s been a global war. The Panem country is what remains of this hugely destructive war.

I know I’m a good person.

There is a time and place for publicity, but to stay a sane person, you must have a personal life.

I grew up close to Melbourne, about two hours outside, on Phillip Island. It’s really small; it’s kind of a little summer beach town.

If I was to get turned down by a girl, I’d just give up and say, ‘Oh well.’

John Malkovich is such an interesting person and such a fun actor to work with.

I studied cooking all through high school.