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" I can't put much weight into whether the public likes me because the more important thing is that, as an actor, I can truly say that there's not a single director or actor who I've worked with who'd have a bad thing to say about me. "

Miles Teller

Say

Bad

Director

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School

Never

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Little

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Moment

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Philosophy

Own

" I like talking to people. "

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Talking

People

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Person

People

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Nothing

Control

" I used to have a big crush on Andie MacDowell. "

" I'm a pretty strong believer that everything happens for a reason. "

" People would probably say my mom raised very confident children, but it comes from a place of being comfortable in your own skin. "

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" I've always felt like I can dance. "

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I Can

Dance

" I've played drums in bands since I was 16. "

" So I think that in the beginning of your career you're just looking to work. Luckily for me, my first movie was 'Rabbit Hole' and I got to work with incredible people, a Pulitzer prize winning writer, John Cameron Mitchell, and all the actors involved. So it's tough, man, because you want to have credibility. "

" 'Footloose' is a fun movie. If you do it right, people should leave wanting to dance. "

" I played music my whole life - piano, saxophone. "

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Care

Absolutely

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Introduction

Nice

" I grew up in a very small town in Florida, like, 7,000 people. "

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People

Florida

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" The makers of '21 and Over' have been screening it, and I'm getting a lot of comparisons to a young Vince Vaughn. "