Josh Hutcherson famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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I play Peeta. That's his name. It was given to him by his parents. He comes from a long line of bread. His sister is Rye. And his brother is Whole Wheat.
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Doing action, the thing is it's cool to watch it, and as a guy I like seeing it. With the romance thing it's something everyone can relate to. Once you have love as a motivator in a story, I think everyone can do anything. Once someone's in love they can do the craziest thing that no one's ever thought of. You have that excuse to do whatever you want.
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So, this is to everybody who's ever had a struggle in life being yourself. I think that the most beautiful thing a human being can do is just be who you are inside. So please, everybody, just be yourselves and encourage everyone else to do the same.
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Whether it happens over 10 years, like with a lot of people, or with one hit movie that thrusts you into that world, when you become successful as an actor, you become well known. In the end game, that's just part of the business.
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I love storytelling so for me to get behind a story and get in there early in its infancy and kind of develop it in the early stages was something I really wanted to be a part of.
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At the end of the day, regardless of whether you're doing a huge budget film or a small budget film, you still want the film to do well, and have people see it. That's the whole point. You want to put some kind of message into your films, and you want people to see it.
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One of the fans had a poster that said, 'I'm a Peeta-file. That was probably the best one.
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When you have love in a story, it gives you the freedom to really take the characters to very interesting places.
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I'm someone who can fall in love at the drop of the hat. My parents raised me to be very accepting of other people, so because of that, I feel like I might be overly accepting of girls. If a girl shows any interest, I'm like, 'Yes! I love you, you're amazing!'
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Once you're in love, you have that excuse to go and do whatever you want.
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As an actor, you're always playing different people, so you yourself are always kind of going through an identity crisis.
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When you get to play a character that's in love, it's cool. Once you have love as a motivator in a story, your character is free to do anything.
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I never really read a character before that I connected with more than Peeta. So, for me, if I couldn't get that job I was like, 'Well, if I can't play practically myself in a movie, what can I play?
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Everybody has their own problems. No matter how big you think yours are, there is someone else that has bigger problems or different problems.
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Our lives are not just measured in years. They are measured in the lives we touch around us.
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The most important thing to having a long career, as an actor, is diversity and being able to play different types of characters in different types of movies. I want to keep acting, all my life. In order to do that, I think it is important to go and do the bigger tentpole box office movies, and then also do more character roles.
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For me, in the third book, when Peeta gets brainwashed by the Capitol, that's going to be fun to play. The rest of the time he's very much into Katniss, and for that to get turned around and to play it the other way, that's going to be very exciting.
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Getting to do different genres of movies means you're gonna have different types of situations. So I want to try and do every type of genre there is out there.
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I love doing roles and movies that are different from each other. That's kind of why I like to be an actor because I get to play different characters and pretend I'm different people going through different situations.
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What I think after reading the script and seeing where the story goes, I go with my instincts on the character. If my instincts are wrong the director and the producers will guide me in the right direction. That's just kind of how I take on any role, be it a fantasy movie or not.
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I base the roles I choose depending on the characters. That's just how I'm gonna run my career. So if it's a good role I'm gonna take it whether it be fantasy, or whether it be realistic or fiction, anything.
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As far as what I'm afraid of, I hate spiders. I'm pretty good at being not afraid of almost anything, except for spiders.
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Acting is a challenge at times. I mean, when you have scenes where you're jumping into a mascot bear to travel back in time, and you try to make that seem real. For me, I'm a person that has a pretty wild imagination, just kind of letting that run wild and sort of just doing the best you can to not feel stupid.
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I started acting when I was about nine. I always wanted to get into acting since I was really little but my parents would never let me because they'd heard all the bad stuff about being in the business as a young actor and stuff like that.
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I don't think I'll ever get used to the pressures of fame. I have two-pointsomething million followers on Twitter, and if I say something, they all listen. It's crazy! I shouldn't be allowed that responsibility.
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The girls I've dated hate me a little because I can't remember anything about first dates or when we kissed. I have the worst memory in the world!
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I was very fortunate and didn't personally encounter any bullies in school, however bullies exist in many ways in life.
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I love getting dressed up doing the whole premiere look.
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I'm a big romantic, traditional, cheesy guy.
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There's definitely a large fan base for the 'Twilight' and 'Harry Potter' movies that need their next fix.
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I'm all about flannels and layers, so that's pretty much what I rock.
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I have always believed in standing up for what I believe in and I believe that everyone deserves the right to love whoever they love no matter who they are.
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I play basketball probably four to five days a week when I'm back home.
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I didn't go to high school, so I don't have a high school experience. I was home-schooled during high school.
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Holden Caulfield is the best character in literature, period.
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We've seen some insane signs: 'Is that a loaf of bread in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?' Funny stuff along those lines. Very original. One just said, 'I will do unspeakable things.' I thought that was very interesting - and mildly terrifying!
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I put on fifteen pounds of muscle, so that was a lot of eating chicken and a high protein, low-carb diet. Also a lot of heavy lifting and a very different kind of training with an ex-navy SEAL guy who wanted to kill me every time I got with him. In a good way.
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I still get a little nervous when talking to girls. Which is awful, and embarrassing, because I feel like I shouldn't.
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Working with amazing people, you continue to learn and develop yourself, as an actor and as a person.
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I know my life is full of awkward pauses, and I think it's hilarious.
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I like both athletic girls and girly girls. It depends on their personality. I like girls who can go out and play sports with me and throw the football around, but you don't want a girl who's too much tougher than you. I like brainy girls who can respond to what I'm saying.
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I don't think I've had love at first sight. But,I've definitely had moments where I've seen a person, and I'm like, 'Wow, there is something different about you, and I really want to get to know you.'
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I got my first tattoo when I was 16 years old and I went with my mom to get it done - she has a bunch too so we're tattoo buddies now.
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I think girls like vampires because they are mysterious and they really don't know what they are about. I think a lot of girls are attracted to that.
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My personal style has seen so many highs and lows. Probably more lows than highs.
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I'm so excited. I love Peeta so much. I think that over the course of the next couple of books, he has so many interesting places to go to, character-wise. I'm ready to dive full-force into it. When I saw the movie actually, it got me energized. 'Let's go get some cameras! Let's go shoot the second one right now!'
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Auditioning is always so different for different things.
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For me, I love auditioning.
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My mom has always been a big advocate, especially in the gay, lesbian, transsexual and bisexual community, so for me it's always been a part of my soul.
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Whenever I go into Bloomingdales, I head to the womens shoe section and think, Hmm, maybe Ill get my next girlfriend a pair of those. I always buy my mom Louboutins or Jimmy Choos for her birthday. I have a pretty good sense of style, all in all. Once I figure out a woman, I know what she should wear - which comes in handy when you have a mom and girlfriends. You can always make them happy with a nice bag or a pair of pumps.
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In all honesty I think that I've had a very normal life, even though I've been making movies since I was 9.
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It's cool to play a vampire and be a part of this new, hot genre.
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Luckily, no one I've ever been in love with has needed me to save their life!
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The way I look at it, movies are a different medium for storytelling than books.
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There's actually something interesting about having no rehearsal time - you have to just walk in and go with your gut, which is exciting.
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I think the brutality is important to convey as part of the story, to see how brutal it is to have these kids in battle with one another.
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I actually got really good at unicycling.
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Ever since I first started acting I've wanted to have a long career.
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At times when you're adapting a book into a movie, you have to take certain creative liberties to bridge the gap between the two forms of media.
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My mom is the greatest mom in the whole wide world. She's done everything for me to make my dreams come true.
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My mind was blown by how much I felt I was like Peeta. We shot in the forest near Asheville, North Carolina-a lot of fight scenes, very physically demanding. Jennifer and I totally hit it off. We're both crazy people-we don't hold anything back.
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I'm so sick of the words 'gay' and 'lesbian'. They're just people... One day I want my son to come home from school and be like, 'I found this guy, and I love him.' And I'm gonna be like, 'Yes, you do, and that's ok.'
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Well, getting behind the camera is something I've always wanted to get involved with. Ever since I was doing movies like 'Zathura' I was very interested in all the different jobs on set and kind of soaking all the information up like a sponge.
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I would probably list myself as mostly straight. I've met guys all the time that I'm like, Damn, that's a good-looking guy, you know? I've never been, like, Oh, I want to kiss that guy. I really love women. But I think defining yourself as 100% anything is kind of near-sighted and close-minded.
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I’ve met guys all the time that I’m like, Damn, that’s a good-looking guy, you know?
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Acting is one thing, but actually trying to change the world and the way people think to make people's lives better? That's the stuff I'm most proud of.
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I've always been a big supporter of equal rights and encouraging people to be who they are.
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I believe people are genuinely good. I don’t like to see the bad in people, so because of that, I could see myself falling into a bad situation. But thankfully, I haven’t yet.
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The Hunger Games' for me is I love the books so much and the character and the story were incredible. That's kind of the game plan is just do really interesting stories with interesting characters.
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I love doing roles and movies that are different from each other.
-- Josh Hutcherson
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