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" 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
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" I grew up in a very small town in Florida, like, 7,000 people. "
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" 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. "
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" 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.' "
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" I'm a pretty light-hearted person. "
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" 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. "
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" I played music my whole life - piano, saxophone. "
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" I'm the first one out on the dance floor. In college I had to take jazz, ballet and tap dancing, but, before that, it was just social. "
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" 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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" Honestly, I'm not a big movie buff in general. The only movies I own is probably the 'Indiana Jones' trilogy. "
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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. "
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