Quotes by Nicholas Hoult

“Hughs just a geezer, a great laugh - although he is a bit corrupting. But he did get me interested in golf and cricket and snooker.”

“Richard wanted me to play him aged 11 and 15, but as soon as he saw how tall Id grown - Im six foot two - he had a rethink and cast another boy as his younger self.”

“I was very touched he chose me. Maybe Ill pass it on to another young actor when Im older.”

“Gabriel and I were always getting the giggles, but he was really scary when he was in character, ... drunk and screaming and shouting at me. At one point, he held a gun to my head and I could feel my heart racing. Then, afterwards, hed just be fun Gabriel again, having a laugh.”

“Gabriel told me hed bought the watch for his ex-girlfriend, but she didnt like it. She said that one day hed find the right person to give it to, and he said that person was me,”

“Yes, Ive mailed him a few times.”

“My experience in About a Boy probably did change me, but you change so much between 11 and 15 thats its hard to know what had an effect on me directly,”

“There was definitely some of me in Marcus - apart from the haircut. Definitely not the haircut. But, like him, I was quite withdrawn, and acting helped me come out of my shell.”

“Its always a bit overwhelming when you arrive on set and everyones new, but you soon become a big family. I find the hardest thing about acting is that you have to say goodbye to everyone at the end of a shoot,”

“My mother remembers that after I filmed a Ruth Rendell mystery when I was about six or seven, I cried inconsolably for a day afterwards, because it was all over. I still feel very sad when things end, but I know that Ill probably meet up with people again at some point.”

Other peoples success spurs me on to do well and gives me motivation.