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

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I meditate - very pretentious - and I try to read as much as I ca... by Lucas Hedges

I meditate - very pretentious - and I try to read as much as I can and swim at the Y.

try pretentious i-can swim

I never really thought it would be possible to keep making films. I thought I'd get to a point where it would just stop happening, and I still sort of feel that way. I don't know if any actor feels like they are going to have a career forever, unless they're a movie star.

feel never thought way

In high school, I made friends with people in every social group. Or at least that's how I perceived it. I thought they liked me. Maybe they didn't!

me friends people school

The more you learn to love yourself, the better actor you will be. That's always going to be my training. Every part is, 'How can I learn to love myself more?'

yourself myself you love

I grew up in a film-loving family. We watched the Oscars every year. My favorite thing in the whole world was film. The Oscars obviously was the holy grail.

year film family world

All it really takes to fall in love with a script is to understand, right off the bat, one piece of the story.

story understand love fall

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.

year being summer love