I did a theater program the summer of my junior year, and that's when I really fell in love with the craft of acting. It became more about the craft and less about being a working actor. Lucas Hedges More Quotes by Lucas Hedges More Quotes From Lucas Hedges You learn from doing and you learn from experiencing what it feels like to be present and lost in the moment with another artist. Lucas Hedges moments artist lost My problem with my parents growing up was not that I was afraid to cry in front of them - they always wanted me to cry because they wanted me to be okay, but it felt kind of icky and gross to cry in front of my parents. So my problem was the polar opposite - I didn't want to cry in front of them because I didn't want to give them the satisfaction. Lucas Hedges growing-up opposites giving I have a very bad habit of just retreating from any given altercation. Lucas Hedges bad-habits given habit I'd love to do a love story. I've never done a true love story, which would be awesome. But then again, I don't think I've had a true love story, even in my own life. Maybe that's something I want to explore in my own life first. Lucas Hedges think true-love love life I don't know what's in store for me, but I know that I want to create work, and I want to create an environment where I can bring in my favorite people and collaborate with them, and do something that is so much weirder and so different from what you'd see in commercial film. Lucas Hedges me you work people I grew up playing squash. I have all these squash trophies in my room... I was, like, third in the country. Lucas Hedges room playing like country I am somebody who never came close to a physical altercation, because I was too scared of even getting near one - I'd probably just start crying. Lucas Hedges i-am never just start The great thing about scenes that involve nervous breakdowns - in the little experience I have doing them - is that there's no way to craft it. You just have to do it, and it sort of crafts itself in just being incredibly messy. Lucas Hedges great you experience way I have allergic reactions: it triggers my gag reflex when I read unrealistic dialogue from a teenager. Lucas Hedges unrealistic read allergic dialogue I don't have social media. I don't have Facebook or Instagram or Snapchat. Lucas Hedges facebook social-media instagram media If I did have social media, I would spend way to much time on it. It is way too addictive for me. Lucas Hedges me social-media time way Ultimately, I think what I want from my career is to be able to create work for myself, and there's only so much you can do as an actor in a movie. Lucas Hedges myself think you work I think I was born to be a clown. I just haven't figured out how to bring that side of myself into the world of filmmaking. It's much more comfortable for me to cry on a film set than it is to tell a joke. Lucas Hedges myself think me world It's nauseating for me when I feel like I'm not growing or challenging myself. Lucas Hedges feel myself like me I know that I want to consistently return to doing plays. That's one of the most important things because I think it's the best place for me to learn how to act. Lucas Hedges place best think me I believe that a great character can be made in one scene, or a few moments. Lucas Hedges great moments character believe I think it's true of every great comedy that it's rooted in some dramatic, incredibly personal truth. And it's true of all great drama that there has to be comedy. Lucas Hedges great think comedy truth It's almost like the psychology of a film is no different from the psychology of a person in that it has to function, it has to breathe, it has to have its releases, it has anxiety. Lucas Hedges person like anxiety different Technically, my first paying job was I was an extra in my dad's movie 'Dan in Real Life.' Lucas Hedges job dad real life I did the plays in middle school. I was cast as a gate in my fourth grade play, and every year I got a bigger role. Then, in 7th grade, I played Smike in 'Nicholas Nickleby,' and the casting director saw me and asked me to audition for a movie. That movie led to me getting 'Moonrise Kingdom.' Lucas Hedges year me play school
