There's just something awesome about going all-out for 20 seconds and then stopping and getting to guzzle Pedialyte.
— Dylan O'Brien
To me, the 'Maze Runner' fans have been so supportive of everything I have done.
I haven't worked with a director who is a crazy person at all.
When I was 17, I was about 5'6''.
I'll never be, at least in my mind, as cool as Jason Bourne.
I'm a huge 'Indiana Jones' fan.
I really try to live my life a little more, in ways I would hold back from previously.
I can't say enough about 'The First Time.' It was such an awesome experience. Jon Kasdan, the writer/director, was great. He's such a talented guy who's really, truly special.
Sometimes I'd literally show up at the gym having a panic attack, and my trainer would be like, 'All right, let's just go get breakfast.' I can't give enough credit to him... he was really there for me, and not just like a trainer where it's like, 'Well, come on, man, I gotta pump you up.' He cared more about my mind and the state that I was in.
If you're proud of something, and if you're proud of your work at the end of the day, the experience, walking away, you can feel good about it; that's what you have to focus on.
It's really easy sometimes to get comfortable on a set and get into the groove and think it's all make-believe so nothing bad can happen.
It's always a long process of trying to suppress the self-doubt on set when you're acting.
If you have a good thing going behind the scenes, you'll have a good thing going on-screen.
I have a personality type, but it's not like I'm like, 'Oh yeah, short and brunette. That's what I like. All the time.'
'Teen Wolf' ending is, like, huge. I know no acting without the show, basically.
I'll always be reading a good book. I don't have, like, specific genre tastes or anything or things that I kind of get hooked on, reading genre books or anything like that. It's just really anything anyone kind of recommends or is going around or I hear is good.
Honestly, man, I'm not somebody who wants the celebrity. I could really care less about that stuff. I know everyone says it, but I get overwhelmed by it all sometimes.
It makes it easier to adapt a book that is popular with kids because of how excited they are about the project; you don't get the criticisms you would get with other projects.
I still remember when I was 18 and my life was completely different. I was in my apartment, and I got the call that I got Stiles for this pilot. I was just jumping around with my roommates, freaking out. It's crazy to think about.
I can run pretty quick.
The 'Maze Runner' family, we all just really genuinely love each other.
I want to work with filmmakers who are really smart.
I've always wanted to do action movies.
I learned a lot about a traumatic situation and what it does to you. It really brings you closer to your family and your loved ones.
I'm excited to see what comes my way, see what I'm interested in next, and just see what happens.
My first semester of college, I'm going to sociology and English and psychology, and all I cared about was getting home and preparing for whatever audition I had.
When I was younger, I used to just want to please everybody and not want to be an issue or not be considered a diva. I've just grown up and realized you have to look out for yourself and stick up for yourself, and there's nothing wrong with that.
I've never looked at myself as this pop candy type.
In 'Teen Wolf,' I don't really have any stunts. And if I do, it's like Stiles falls on the ground or something like that.
The physical part was one thing. Whatever - I broke my face; that'll heal. The mental aspect was the biggest shock to the system. You just don't know how to experience stuff like that. You don't have any control over it, either. It's just how your body and brain reacts to something like that happening.
If I did want to get a girl's attention, it would just be in some way where I would just start talking to her. It would have to feel organic. It's too weird otherwise.
You always have the nightmare of, you know, working with the guy that you've just admired forever, and then he's just totally disengaged and awful to be around.
I'm still on the ground, so I just do my thing.
In regard to performing, it couldn't be funnier that I ended up being an actor, because I'm really shy. Unless I'm really comfortable with a person.
We were walking through Petco Park after a signing, and this girl plowed through security and grabbed onto my neck and started pulling. Her grip was so impressively strong that this huge security guard was struggling to get her off of me. I was like, 'Whoa. That's kind of crazy.'
Having a connection and chemistry with a director is really key.
You have to latch onto somebody while you're working.
It's a generational thing. It'd be great if some kids grew up with me as that Jason Bourne figure.
I love sprinting, but I hate long-distance running. Isn't that funny?
Just going out and seeing friends, not being cooped up in my house because I don't want to get my picture taken or anything like that - I've tried to let go of that stuff a bit, accept that it's going to happen to me, and not let it prevent me from doing anything I want to do, which I have in the past.
I really just want to work with good directors and learn as much as I possibly can.
I think there's something to be said about pacing yourself.
Kissing on screen is just - funny enough, you're just acting, so you're distracted by that more than anything. Or at least I am.
As an actor, you blindly put your trust in experts - and if they tell you something's safe, you don't fully vet it yourself. If you're young and inexperienced, that's just what you're taught to do.
It's honestly just pressure that I put on myself when I'm working. It's just how I operate.
I always whip up chicken cutlets or something. Or I make chicken parm and pasta, or something like that.
You never want to pull any punches. You want that stuff to be as real and as vicious as possible.
I always assume that a chick is not into me. So it's never natural for me to be like, 'Check out that girl in the corner. She's waiting for me to come up to her. I'm gonna to work my six-step process...'
Michael's great. He's everything you'd want Michael Keaton to be.
I've always wanted to play Peter Parker, obviously.
