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" I have a relationship with New Line, so I'm grateful to them for taking a punt on me - both for 'We're The Millers' and 'It'. "
Will Poulter
Line
Relationship
New
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" For one thing, there is no guarantee that I am even going to work again. I hope I will and will go on to have a long career. "
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Will
Work
Long
" I am the biggest Kanye and Jay Z fan. "
Will Poulter
I Am
Fan
Kanye
" I'll just say it: I'm not the sharpest tool in the box. Being forced to go back to school is still a fear of mine. "
Will Poulter
Go
Say
School
" I'm fortunate enough to have had an opportunity to do a range of stuff, and the thing I admire most in actors is versatility, those that morph and change, those kind of chameleon actors who are unrecognisable from one job to another. That's something that I aspire to establish myself. "
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Opportunity
Change
Myself
" Confidence is the greatest gift for an actor. "
Will Poulter
Gift
Confidence
Actor
" I feel like there's a dangerous culture among young actors of going to posey joints and socialising - not doing hard work. I don't want to go and hang out in Soho House L.A. That's literally my worst nightmare. I'd rather be at home reading scripts. "
Will Poulter
Home
Reading
Culture
" There's such a thing, if you're a finance man, as hitting the figures you need to hit. But there's no equivalent in acting. It's a creative field. It's subjective. That's what I love about it. "
Will Poulter
Love
Finance
Need
" It may sound strange to say it of someone so famous, but I think Leonardo DiCaprio is underrated, particularly from an awards perspective. He is a very versatile actor. He started very young, and 'What's Eating Gilbert Grape?' is one of my favourite films. "
Will Poulter
Famous
Perspective
Say
" Drama is what I'm really obsessed by. It's what gets me up in the morning, what I live for. But I'll always have a love for comedy because it was my first opportunity, and I associate it with my best friends, who I made during 'School of Comedy'. "
Will Poulter
Opportunity
Love
Morning
" As much as I would love to do roles in big movies and am keen to establish myself in the industry. I don't want to sacrifice things that I really enjoy, like spending time with my family and friends. "
Will Poulter
Sacrifice
Time
Family
" My brother's my best friend, without a doubt. Me and my big sister get along so well. She moved to East London, though, so points off, but she's wicked. And then my little sister is a little genius. She's super talented and such a great person, always been far more mature and cool than me. "
Will Poulter
Best Friend
Best
Cool
" There's no other industry in the world where you could spend $100m as frivolously as they do in the film industry. Think about how much good you could do with $100m... it can be spent in 20 minutes on a movie. "
Will Poulter
You
Film
Good
" This is a business, and no one enters a race not to finish first. I wouldn't say I'm in it for the competition, but I'm certainly not just in it to coast along. I want to be the best I possibly can be. "
Will Poulter
Race
Best
Business
" High school was interesting. For the most part, I quite enjoyed it. But everyone is trying to find their footing, and school can be a tough environment. Kids can be cruel to each other. It's quite unforgiving at times. "
Will Poulter
High School
School
Tough
" It's difficult to tell whether people are looking at you because they recognise you from your work or just because you're 6 ft. 3 in. and have the eyebrows of Satan. It's difficult to distinguish between the two. "
Will Poulter
People
You
Work
" I was lucky that I had friends who have maintained a very regular attitude with me and haven't changed how they interact with me. "
Will Poulter
Me
Attitude
Lucky
" The fact that there aren't more restrictions on the media is disgraceful. "
Will Poulter
Fact
More
Media
" I feel character description from a book can mislead you and actually make you fall off course when you're representing a character using a script. "
Will Poulter
Feel
Off
Fall
" I think it reaffirmed something that I believed in and conceptually always had faith in which was that you're most effective when you work as a team. I love that about filmmaking. I stopped playing team sports at 15-16 because of acting. I think I find a kind of new team sport in filmmaking in a way. "
Will Poulter
Sports
Faith
Think
" How often do I call my mom? You can never call your mum enough, and I should call my mum more often. But I speak to my mum very regularly and have a close relationship with my parents. "
Will Poulter
Parents
Mom
Relationship
" I am the black sheep of my family. They are all super talented and intelligent and got proper jobs. Most of my family is in medicine, actually. They are all too clever to be doing what I do. "
Will Poulter
Family
Medicine
Black
" I wasn't picked for any of the sports teams at school because I was half the size of everyone else, but now everyone assumes I must have been some sort of rugby player. "
Will Poulter
Size
Everyone
Now
" If I tried to do comedy for the rest of my career, I would not be very successful. "
Will Poulter
Rest
Career
Comedy
" Themes of redemption, temptation, and faith don't necessarily apply directly to religion. A lot of people find faith in their lives outside of God and still deal with notions of temptation and redemption that aren't religious. "
Will Poulter
God
Temptation
Religion
" Seeing the actual 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe', I absolutely loved it. It became one of my favourite films. It was a real Christmas classic, and it was one of the most popular films ever in British history. "
Will Poulter
History
Lion
Loved
" I love the camaraderie that develops on film sets and ensemble casts. It's really special. "
Will Poulter
Film
Special
Really
" Al Pacino never looks like he's being filmed. "
Will Poulter
Being
Looks
Never
" I absolutely love Leonardo DiCaprio. "
Will Poulter
Leonardo
Absolutely
Love
" I fully accepted that I cannot grow facial hair, but it is quite emasculating. "
Will Poulter
Grow
Facial
Cannot
" I look up to Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon. I'm a huge fan of their work. I also like actors who really transform themselves, like Joaquin Phoenix. And I loved Robin Williams growing up. He does comedy and drama so brilliantly. "
Will Poulter
Loved
Look
Growing Up