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" I've been told that having an Instagram account will help me book more roles, get more endorsement deals. It makes you more of a brand. But I'm not interested. I want to build my fan base through movies and movies alone. "

Miles Teller

You

Book

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" An anonymous person, which is 99 percent of the people on Twitter, can say my face looks like a foot or I'm Ted Cruz's doppelganger. That doesn't affect me. "

Miles Teller

Person

People

" Honestly, I'm not a big movie buff in general. The only movies I own is probably the 'Indiana Jones' trilogy. "

" Absolutely, 'Rabbit Hole' gave me a nice first introduction into film acting. "

Miles Teller

Introduction

Nice

" I'm still waiting for my first big Hollywood paycheck... maybe I'll play a superhero. "

" For me, I still have feelings for all of my ex-girlfriends. In different parts of my life, I would miss that person. There's something that drew me to that person, and I shared something with them. "

" It's hard to get to the right position, to be somebody who is commercially successful and critically acclaimed. That's the sweet spot. "

" My second grade teacher told me I would never graduate high school. That I was going to be a juvenile delinquent. "

Miles Teller

School

Never

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

" I used to be very vain about my thumbs. I have fat thumbs. If there's a movie where you see me on the phone, it's not my hands. "

" Respect the person you're with. My philosophy is, if I'm not happier when I'm with you, then there's no reason for me to be with you. I'm happy on my own. "

Miles Teller

Philosophy

Own

" It's important to have your own voice. "

" I still think you shouldn't use acting as therapy. "

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

Miles Teller

People

Florida

" I always had ambition. I always knew I was going to go to college. I could party and do that stuff, but I always got straight A's and a 4.0 and all that. "

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

" Reed Richards in 'Fantastic Four,' to me, was a huge character departure from, like, 'That Awkward Moment' or anything that I'd just done before that. "

Miles Teller

Moment

" I'm not the kind of person to Google myself, because you'll find whatever you're looking for. If you want to read something that says you're the greatest actor that ever lived, if you want to find something that is pretty hurtful, you'll find it. "

" There's nothing I can control about how people see me as a person, but I can control how they think of me as an actor. "

Miles Teller

Nothing

Control

" I absolutely do care what people think about me. "

Miles Teller

Care

Absolutely

" Going to high school in rural Florida, we always partied down in the woods. Somebody - one of the rednecks - would leave class and mow a path out to a field, and we'd drive out there. Dude, every party I went to was lit by a bonfire. Acoustic guitar. "

" First play I ever did was 'Footloose.' I played the part of Willard when I was 16. I think I wore my drama teacher's jeans and her belt - that's how small I was. I know a lot of Willard's back story from the musical that's not explored in the film. Like he's got this whole relationship with his mama, and he sings this song 'Mama Says.' "

" I like talking to people. "

Miles Teller

Talking

People

" Maybe it's because I came from a small town, but I always did well for myself. "

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

Miles Teller

I Can

Dance

" Certain times, I'll choose my words very carefully and maybe come off a little more boring. "

Miles Teller

Off

Little

" I'm a pretty light-hearted person. "

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

" I don't know if there's an actors' slow-pitch softball league I could join. My agency has a team, but they say it would be a conflict of interest for the people they rep to play because I could hit a pop-up and they'd have to drop it on purpose. "