Lucas Hedges

I think it's true of every great comedy that it's rooted in some dramatic, incredibly personal truth. And it's true of all…

— Lucas Hedges

I grew up in a film-loving family. We watched the Oscars every year. My favorite thing in the whole world was film.…

— Lucas Hedges

The first thing I ever auditioned for was a movie called 'Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close.' And, this is kind of a…

— Lucas Hedges

I meditate - very pretentious - and I try to read as much as I can and swim at the Y.

— Lucas Hedges

I am somebody who never came close to a physical altercation, because I was too scared of even getting near one -…

— Lucas Hedges

I grew up playing squash. I have all these squash trophies in my room... I was, like, third in the country.

— Lucas Hedges

The more you learn to love yourself, the better actor you will be. That's always going to be my training. Every part…

— Lucas Hedges

If I have a career in theater, and nobody knows who I am, I'm all right with that.

— Lucas Hedges

My dad's a filmmaker, and my mom's an actress. She was the original understudy, actually, for Harper in 'Angels in America' and…

— Lucas Hedges

When I was in high school, I tried too hard to be cool and to impress people, but playing all these different…

— Lucas Hedges

I never really thought it would be possible to keep making films. I thought I'd get to a point where it would…

— Lucas Hedges

It's almost like the psychology of a film is no different from the psychology of a person in that it has to…

— Lucas Hedges

I have allergic reactions: it triggers my gag reflex when I read unrealistic dialogue from a teenager.

— Lucas Hedges

In high school, I made friends with people in every social group. Or at least that's how I perceived it. I thought…

— Lucas Hedges

I think I was born to be a clown. I just haven't figured out how to bring that side of myself into…

— Lucas Hedges

All it really takes to fall in love with a script is to understand, right off the bat, one piece of the…

— Lucas Hedges

You learn from doing and you learn from experiencing what it feels like to be present and lost in the moment with…

— Lucas Hedges

I'm not sure I would want to be a filmmaker, because I've seen how many people they have to go through in…

— Lucas Hedges

Acting is not about showing what you're feeling. It's about doing something. It's about what you're doing for the other person. Anything…

— Lucas Hedges

I don't have social media. I don't have Facebook or Instagram or Snapchat.

— Lucas Hedges

In my bedroom, I have my yoga mat and the puppets I've made over the years, and because I'm very into smells,…

— Lucas Hedges

I have a very bad habit of just retreating from any given altercation.

— Lucas Hedges

I know that I want to consistently return to doing plays. That's one of the most important things because I think it's…

— Lucas Hedges

My problem with my parents growing up was not that I was afraid to cry in front of them - they always…

— Lucas Hedges

If I did have social media, I would spend way to much time on it. It is way too addictive for me.

— Lucas Hedges