Obviously, you never shoot the scenes of a film in order or only very rarely. Douglas Booth More Quotes by Douglas Booth More Quotes From Douglas Booth The most romantic things are very small, kind gestures from people you love. Douglas Booth most-romantic gestures people I want to be challenged, I want to keep challenging myself - whether or not it's changing yourself physically or just pushing yourself to a certain extreme. I get bored quite easily so I like to keep my mind entertained by challenging myself. Douglas Booth bored challenges mind What is life unless you're having a good time? I don't really have a plan; I just try to dip my toes in different ponds. Douglas Booth ponds different trying I've had friends who have come away who've said, "I shouldn't have become such close friends with the director." You always want to get on with the director, but I personally prefer a relationship where you respect them - you get on really well with them, but they're boss, as it were. It's about trusting your director, for better or for worse. They're the one's seeing what's coming out on the monitors, so you have to try and trust what they say. Douglas Booth boss close-friends trying On a Friday night, I like to go out because my friends, who have been working normal hours, just want to let go after a stressful week at work. Douglas Booth friday letting-go night When you're forced to watch something in school, you never really enjoy it, you sort of rebel against it in a certain way. Douglas Booth rebel watches school As an actor, Hollywood would be a horrible place to go if you weren't actually invited. Douglas Booth hollywood actors would-be Going over to Lesvos in Greece and meeting some of these poor refugees who have just made the treacherous sea crossing opened my eyes in a way I can't even being to describe. It's put a fire in my belly to really try to do something, the little I can do. Douglas Booth eye fire sea I've always had a social awareness. My favorite channel on TV is BBC News 24. For a while, I had to have it on repeat in my house. I've always been interested in what's going on in the world. Douglas Booth news house world The negative about acting is that you have to spend a great deal of time away from your friends and loved ones. Douglas Booth loved-ones acting negative We live in a beauty-obsessed age and success sometimes appears to hinge solely on the presentation of an image that is acceptable to the press. Douglas Booth obsessed age sometimes I suppose to a certain degree. London's my favorite place on the planet and the reason for that is its fantastic diversity. Douglas Booth favorite-places diversity degrees I wanted to become an actor. I went to Guildhall School of Music and Drama, which is one of the main drama schools in London where you go when you are older. But I was doing the junior one when I was a kid. And some friends there had agents. I was fourteen and I was like, "I want an agent! It sounds awesome!" I had no idea what that was. I thought those guys looked like men in black. They were hanging around in suits all the time. So I luckily got a very good agent in London and started auditioning. And then when I was 16, I got my first film and I've been working ever since. Douglas Booth drama kids school For the moment, whenever I read, it is normally scripts. You start a book and then you think, 'I should be reading these five scripts. Douglas Booth reading book thinking Travel is best when it's as unplanned as possible so that you get that real sense of adventure. The film 'Thelma and Louise' really encapsulates that - their travels are unplanned and spontaneous and therefore full of excitement, escapism and optimism. Douglas Booth optimism real adventure [London is] one of the best cities in the world. There is just so much culture there and so much history and so much diversity. It's just a perfect place to grow up. I studied at the Guildhall every Saturday so I'd always be in town every weekend doing that. I was kind of a city boy really. Douglas Booth weekend growing-up boys I love the challenge of playing characters forced on life-changing emotional journeys. To work on a project with Billy Crudup and Sam Rockwell is just a dream come true. Douglas Booth life-changing dream character I was lucky enough to get a very good agent at the age of 15, and got my first film when I was 16, so it's been rolling on since then. Douglas Booth rolling lucky age It's better to think of life as a proper journey with a beginning and an end. Maybe, I can settle for being immortalised on screen. Douglas Booth settling journey thinking I think it's more important to seek the truth than to try and be perfect, to be honest. Douglas Booth important perfect thinking
