Maybe it's because I came from a small town, but I always did well for myself. Miles Teller More Quotes by Miles Teller More Quotes From Miles Teller I grew up in a very small town in Florida, like, 7,000 people. Miles Teller floridatownspeople I like girls who are cute and naturally funny. As long as they are not too high-maintenance, then we're good. Miles Teller girlcutelong I think girls are surprised when you actually really listen and then you call it back at the end of the night. Miles Teller girlnightthinking I'm the type of actor that believes the director has to be in charge. I've been on sets where the actor's ego was the most important thing, and with a director that messes it up. But I don't like a dictator, I want it to be collaborative - the best idea wins. If I feel respected, and I'm going to give that back. If a director wants to try something, cool, I'll give it back. I also feel like they cast me for a reason, so I'm going to make my mark on it... let me do my thing. Miles Teller winninggivingbelieve For me, the greatest kind of success that I've had on a particular project or in exploring a role does come through collaboration. I wouldn't want to do a movie where everything I do the director just says, "Good job" and I'm under directed. Miles Teller collaborationjobsdirectors I think my character rallies people together to go out and drink. Miles Teller characterpeoplethinking I think if anybody is making a movie about your life something pretty incredible had to happen. Miles Teller incredibleshappensthinking I grew up doing some landscaping and painting houses and that kind of thing. Miles Teller paintingkindhouse I think when you're looking for scripts or for characters around your own age, a lot of the times they don't have the kind of responsibility that is usually seen in parts that are older for you. Miles Teller responsibilitycharacterthinking I just really enjoyed all that kind of responsibility, I loved the fact that many people cared. I was doing 4 hours of boxing, 2 hours of weights, an hours of accent and dialect training, I just enjoyed having to do all that for this character [ Vinnie Paz in Bleed for This]. Miles Teller responsibilitycharacterpeople Acting is such a high art, and coming from theater, I know how hard it is and respect the craft. I want to look back when it ends, and say I challenged myself. I wanted to be an actor you always remember, and those who are the great ones. That's just a personal journey. If you're too comfortable you're taking it too easy. The director can direct you for two months but before that it's just you and your internal drive. I want people to go to my movies and know it'll be good, and with great actors. You never know what you'll learn from just staying in the same space with them. Miles Teller journeypeopleart I was not a band geek, per say. But me and my two older sisters played instruments, so I would come home and my sister Dana would be playing the clarinet or playing the piano, and I would play the saxophone, my other sister would be singing, my mom would be singing. I was not afraid to be musical. That was not something that I thought was uncool. Miles Teller momplayhome I think I might do an animated film next. I'm serious. Miles Teller seriousmightthinking Just go to a bar, watch football - that's fun to me because I've not gotten to see anything because I've been travelling so much. Playing some shuffleboard and some pool and darts. I like kind of dive-y bars. Miles Teller funfootballwatches We were doing this close-up of my character on a cell phone, and the director's just like "Cut! Can we get somebody else's hand in there?" I do bite my fingernails, and you don't want to see a fat, bitten thumbnail on a 30-foot movie screen, so I get somebody with really nice, sexy hands and put 'em in there. Miles Teller sexynicecharacter As an actor if you're working you're usually in three places, you're either prepping something, you're shooting something, or you're post on something or promoting something. Miles Teller shootingthreeactors I'm proud of everything I've done. If it's comedy, it's 'cause I think it's funny. If it's a drama, it's impactful. I'm leaning towards dramas now because I wrapped a couple comedies in a row. I don't like watching myself, but it's easier on me when I don't have to carry a lot of the comedy. But I enjoy making comedies but dramas come more naturally. Miles Teller coupledramathinking I enjoy the physicality a little more, with Vinnie Paz [in Bleed for This] that was the most prep I've ever had to do for a film, that was a legit like 7 months of diet and working out. And then I was able to do like an accent, I was able to change myself physically, I was able to do a lot of the things that I'd always looked at actors and admired when they did that. So I was excited to do that. Miles Teller work-outablelittles I grew up middle class, my best friends to this day are construction workers or military or whatever it is. Miles Teller construction-workersmilitaryclass I'm very proud to be part of a cast that's gonna put Hot Shots on screen for the first time, Hot Shots are the first line of defense against wildland fire and these guys are so selfless, they are guys that do what they do without wanting any kind of attention for it. Miles Teller guyfireattention
