I've found that sometimes with people who have a lot of power, you can never tell if they're joking or not. — Fred Hechinger Comedy Copy Share Image
I'm really inspired by stories of people who are almost stubborn but still happy and do the thing that doesn't hurt anyone. — Fred Hechinger Copy Share Image
I find as an actor, it's such a joy to be surprised. You're sort of looking for surprise. — Fred Hechinger Actor Copy Share Image
I just think the most important thing is: are you telling vital stories? — Fred Hechinger Copy Share Image
You know, you can really count on a monkey to surprise you as well. — Fred Hechinger Copy Share Image
I follow filmmakers, and story, and characters that surprise and delight me. — Fred Hechinger Delight Copy Share Image
It's such a gift in any project when you get to actually learn a skill. — Fred Hechinger Copy Share Image
Even if you're in a committed relationship or have a full family, there are parts of ourselves that we carry alone. — Fred Hechinger Alone Copy Share Image
We're all responsible in our own ways for letting things go, and clocking out. Like people you think are your friends, and… — Fred Hechinger Friends Copy Share Image
Being tapped into what you actually love and enjoy is a very inspiring thing. It means a lot to take risks and… — Fred Hechinger Being Copy Share Image
I remember finding out that the same person made all of these different movies that I love. 'Thelma & Louise' and 'Alien'… — Fred Hechinger Alien Copy Share Image
Bing's first film, 'Minding the Gap,' means a lot to me. I see a lot of movies, but it's a uniquely beautiful… — Fred Hechinger Beautiful Copy Share Image
Something that bothers me is when legacy overwhelms presence, right? People that are, myself included, too concerned with some idea of yourself… — Fred Hechinger Film Copy Share Image
If Tom Hanks was, like, secretly a tyrant, it would be totally demoralizing - I would quit. I'd be like, what's the… — Fred Hechinger Copy Share Image
I do think a lot of depictions of PTSD, sometimes in a movie, it feels like the scene where the character knows… — Fred Hechinger Character Copy Share Image
I think it's very important for Ridley that his films, which are about the past or take place in the past are… — Fred Hechinger Films Copy Share Image
Actors that I like to watch, if they're lucky and given the ability to play different roles through their career, there's a… — Fred Hechinger Actor Copy Share Image
At the core of all this stuff, there's just a feeling in your gut when you feel that you know some secret… — Fred Hechinger Character Copy Share Image
Ever since the promise of '40 acres and a mule,' we have not delivered for Black people in this country. We have… — Fred Hechinger Copy Share Image
I think that's happened throughout time in terms of how we treat villains. It's sometimes where the most interesting and seemingly troubled… — Fred Hechinger Character Copy Share Image
As an audience member, the stuff I like is the stuff where I feel less alone. — Fred Hechinger Alone Copy Share Image
I've flirted with other places, and then after a couple of months I always come back to New York. — Fred Hechinger Copy Share Image
There's something very truthful about American brutality, spirit and myth-making that is so present in the great westerns. — Fred Hechinger Copy Share Image
We should find ways to care about each other by letting a person be themselves. — Fred Hechinger Care Copy Share Image
I've always found it comforting to acknowledge and remember that no one is a fixed personality; no one is just one thing. — Fred Hechinger Copy Share Image
I think any character you play, you find your ways to love them. — Fred Hechinger Character Copy Share Image
I still see acting, writing and directing as the same impulse: How can you help each story to the best of your… — Fred Hechinger Acting Copy Share Image
Every single day, Denzel will surprise you. That's part of why he's one of our greatest actors. — Fred Hechinger Actors Copy Share Image
I have a hard time taking a break. The thought of it is nice, but by the second day. — Fred Hechinger Day Copy Share Image
Sometimes I've been on sets where no one knows why the camera is in the place that it is. — Fred Hechinger Camera Copy Share Image
I watched 'Fever Pitch' so many times, the DVD - I had to clean it just to keep using it. — Fred Hechinger Copy Share Image
To me, the exciting side of acting is experimenting with ego and letting it go. — Fred Hechinger Acting Copy Share Image
As a movie lover you make movies that you would want to see, and I think that's really important. — Fred Hechinger Cinema Copy Share Image
There are no tangents in filmmaking. Every part of the process informs another. — Fred Hechinger Copy Share Image
One of the best feelings that I've experienced is being surrounded by artists and thinkers who inspire you. — Fred Hechinger Art Copy Share Image
I think about the filmmakers that I've loved working with, and the ones that I want to work with, and I think… — Fred Hechinger Community Copy Share Image
I always thought great storytelling should seem spontaneous but also inevitable, like you would never expect it, but once it happens, it… — Fred Hechinger Copy Share Image
There's no one way to direct a movie, other than it has to be personal, and it has to come from what's… — Fred Hechinger Copy Share Image
For so many years I wanted to tell stories and be an actor. So, the moment I started to get paid to… — Fred Hechinger Actor Copy Share Image
It is truly connected to your job as an actor, and it benefits the character and the entire film to build a… — Fred Hechinger Actor Copy Share Image
