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 More Quotes by Douglas Booth More Quotes From Douglas Booth I'd love to work with Paul Thomas Anderson or Quentin Tarantino, but these are dreams I don't need to rush to achieve. I'll be ready to make those movies when I'm ready to make those movies and they're ready to make them with me, if they ever want to. Douglas Booth dream want needs You can have a great script, or a great director and a bad script, and get a great movie. Nothing really guarantees anything. Douglas Booth scripts guarantees directors The script's always important, but there are some things that have come out in the past year that, when we read them, everyone was like, "Oh my god, this is going to be the next best thing!" Then the movie falls completely flat on its face. Douglas Booth past years fall Sometimes things are nothing on paper, but a genius director turns it into something amazing. Douglas Booth genius paper directors I knew I wanted to do something creative. I am dyslexic, so I really struggled in school. I knew I was never going to sit behind a desk or do something involving numbers. Douglas Booth creative numbers school I like to travel, but honestly I really like to just be at home in London and spend time with my friends. Douglas Booth honestly london home I grew up in London, and that's where I spend most of my time. Unless I have a really good reason not to be, I'll always be in London. Douglas Booth london grew-up reason I love movies. That's still my favorite form of escape, and I usually end up going alone. I love to go and sit in the theater by myself, no distractions. Douglas Booth distraction my-favorite movie-love Ultimately I'll probably end up going out with an actress again. But an architect would be cool. They need to do something creative. I'm attracted to talent. But it would maybe be healthier if it wasn't in the industry. Douglas Booth creative would-be needs As a kid, I used to run around our garden waving a stick and pretending to be a million different people. That's why I became an actor, really. Douglas Booth garden running kids I don't think I've reached perfection by any stretch of the imagination, but maybe someday I'll become a perfectionist. Douglas Booth imagination perfection thinking Nothing's been changed overnight. It's like watching your cat grow: you see it every day, so you don't really see it change, you wake up one day and it's a bloody great thing. Your friends come round who you haven't seen for a couple months and they're like, "Oh my god, your cat's grown so much again." And I'm like, "Has it?" But when you're living it... I just find that my life has subtly changed bit by bit, so I don't ever really notice it too much. Douglas Booth cat one-day couple Often you find actors have big hearts; they're quite emotional people. Talking to actors who date other actors, and talking to people who deal with other actors, they often get emotionally caught up in lots of different things. They often wear their hearts on their sleeves. They feel things quite a lot - often to the nth degree, which I can imagine could make it quite difficult to date some of us. I think it's about having an emotional availability that you can kind of draw on. But I'm also searching for that. I'll be searching for the answer to that question for the rest of my life. Douglas Booth emotional heart thinking You're always going to have ups and downs - if you look at the careers of a whole bunch of people I respect, some of them have good movies, some of them have bad movies. I remember Andrew Garfield said that the only power we really have as actors - or one of the main powers we have as actors - is our choices. We can make interesting choices, but as soon as you've made that choice, so much else is in play: the director, the script can change, the other actors. All you can do is try to make interesting choices and, once you're in it, just do the best you can. Douglas Booth choices people interesting When I meet girls, I pray that they don't know who I am. But I know that's limiting myself quite a lot. Douglas Booth who-i-am girl praying With our job, you often meet people through work. I've had two long-term relationships, from 14 to 18 and 19 to 21. One I met at school and the other I met on a job so who knows where I'll meet the next person. Douglas Booth jobs two school The best thing I've ever done for a girl hopefully is make them happy. Isn't that the most romantic thing you can do? Douglas Booth most-romantic girl done I live by myself, which I love. In this industry, you're so often surrounded by people and busy and talking to people. It's kind of lovely when you get home to just chill out. Douglas Booth home talking people I actually wanted to be a jazz musician first. My grandparents introduced me to Louis Armstrong. I loved Louis Armstrong so I took up the trumpet and just did that every day and practiced that. Douglas Booth grandparent musician firsts I got to be about 13 and everyone started playing guitars and being in rock bands. There was no place for me with my trumpet and I wasn't cool anymore. Although now if I played the trumpet it would be the coolest thing in the world. Douglas Booth rocks guitar would-be
