You put so much of yourself out there as an actor. You show the many facets of who you are when you're performing - or who you could be - you show yourself angry, upset, sad, vulnerable. The one thing I keep as my own private secret is the music. Cameron Monaghan More Quotes by Cameron Monaghan More Quotes From Cameron Monaghan 'Prom' is a movie that follows a bunch of high-schoolers' lives leading up to the prom, the climax of the movie. It focuses all their struggles and the social pressures that prom creates on their lives. Cameron Monaghan prom social-pressure struggle I do play the guitar, and I can sing, but just enough to carry a tune. Cameron Monaghan guitar tunes play I play drums and guitar, I snowboard, I do martial arts and acrobatics. I go to the movies every Friday. Cameron Monaghan friday guitar art I was home-schooled for my entire high school experience, so I never went to prom. Cameron Monaghan prom home school One of my favorite movies of all time is Fargo. Cameron Monaghan fargo sports-movie my-favorite Don't get me wrong, Carter Smith is an insanely talented photographer, but as a director he approached it more from a story standpoint. He definitely had an interest in communicating the text and the characters first, and he allowed his cinematographer Darren Lew to really find the visuals - of course, he worked with him throughout the entire Jamie Marks Is Dead movie, it was a collaborative effort. While the movie is very visually beautiful, in my opinion, very visually striking, Carter was definitely approaching it from a performance standpoint first. Cameron Monaghan effort beautiful character I was very, very young when I first started acting. My first movie role I was in, I was eight years old at the time. My mom got me involved in community theater stuff when I was like five or six years old. How I learned to read was by reading the captions on TV, and I grew up from a really young age watching tons of movies and television. Cameron Monaghan community mom reading One of my favorite things, coming of age, reading comics, was these ideologies and these philosophies of these characters. Seeing those on the page really represented in amazing ways some of my favorite 'Batman' comics like 'The Killing Joke' or 'The Dark Knight Returns.' Cameron Monaghan amazing reading age dark Experiencing so many firsts, maturing as an actor, a professional, and a human. In the process, gaining friends, family, and the best coworkers a very lucky actor could ask for - and for this, I can be nothing but gracious. Cameron Monaghan nothing best friends family The thing about being an actor is that you're acting. It's not that big of a deal of to play someone different from yourself. Cameron Monaghan yourself someone you play People are attracted to confidence and a commitment to ideas, no matter what those ideas are. People can gravitate towards something being said passionately or violently or expressively. Cameron Monaghan confidence people commitment ideas I never really do the New Year's Resolution thing. I kind of just try to stay focused, not get too distracted, and do the best I can. And that's something I like to tell myself every year around New Year's. Cameron Monaghan new best myself stay-focused I grew up watching movies and television, and one day when I was really young I told my mom I wanted to become an actor, and she was really supportive and got me involved in local theater and commercials. From there I moved up to auditioning for movies and television. Cameron Monaghan day me mom television I love puppies, and I love animals in general. Besides that, I do martial arts: extreme martial arts. I also play real guitar and drums, and sing. And I'm taking some college classes, hoping to major in English and creative writing. Cameron Monaghan guitar college writing love I really enjoy dancing. When there's music around, I can't help it; I start dancing, especially when I'm with friends. Cameron Monaghan start friends enjoy music With Scarlett Johansson, I always thought she was pretty, but then when I heard her sing, there was just something about her voice that made her really, really attractive to me. And I think she would be fun to hang out with. Cameron Monaghan think me voice fun I think I heard about 'The Giver' being made from when I was 11 or 12 years old. When I got the audition for this movie, I already knew that Meryl Streep was attached to it, and Jeff Bridges, obviously. Cameron Monaghan old being think bridges It seems like the requirements for my characters are that I have to be either mentally ill or disturbed in some way, or I have to be physically beaten. It's in my contract. Cameron Monaghan some like disturbed way To work with anyone you admire and respect, and have for a very long time, is a surreal thing. Cameron Monaghan you respect work time How I learned to read was by reading the captions on TV, and I grew up from a really young age watching tons of movies and television. Also, at the same time, I was a pretty hyperactive kid, kind of ADD. Cameron Monaghan reading age time television
