When I was 16, I'd been cast in 'Fast Food Nation.' And while I was playing in a charity baseball game, I ended up breaking my arm about a week before filming was starting.
— Glen Powell
I'm not really a line type of guy. I mean, pick-up lines work for some guys. You gotta really sell that thing hard. I did try one pick-up line, and it failed miserably. I thought it was really funny, but the girl didn't find it very funny.
When I read 'Scream Queens' for the first time, I felt the voice of the show was fresh, unapologetic, and non-stop fun.
The basic premise of math is about efficiency. And when you've got racism, sexism, and bigotry, that's just standing in the way of efficiency in our own progress.
Male bonding is the idea of having the confidence to say, 'I'm going to take you down.'
Chad Radwell lines are very, very quotable.
Everybody talks about how 'Everybody Wants Some!!' is the spiritual sequel to 'Dazed and Confused,' but there's a real trap in trying to recreate 'Dazed and Confused' - that magic is it's own thing.
If you say 'yes' to good things, you will get good things.
The Dicky Dollar Scholars are a little bit of a cartoon bromance. 'Everybody Wants Some!' is probably a little more realistic. I didn't realize that my brand was bromance!
'Scream Queens' is its own reality.
I just love the fact that Sylvester Stallone is a multi-hyphenate. He acts, he writes, he produces, he directs. I always respected that guy, especially with 'The Expendables' franchise, which is very much the type of movie that my dad and I loved when I was a kid.
Anybody that knows me knows that I'm a huge fan of Texas. I live and breathe Texas.
It's nice getting to always work with such extremely talented people.
My style comes from a very masculine point, and Valentino has a very masculine fit. It's built for corn-fed guys like me.
I feel like that's the nature of being a young guy - competition brings people closer. That's how I bond with people.
When you go to college, and you talk about your college experience, there's a lot of revisionist history that goes along with it. You tend to think of yourself as, 'Oh, I got all of the girls. I was the best athlete on the team. I was a straight-A student.' And that's probably not the case.
Ryan Murphy is a genius. In terms of television, very few have been as prolific.
Guys all want something beyond what they're being given - in every facet of life.
There's an energy and intimacy around a foosball table that nothing else compares to.
When I first moved out to L.A. to be an actor, this family knew that I was a pretty big athlete back in Texas, and they said, 'You can live in our house for free if you coach our kid in football, basketball, and lacrosse.' So I was coaching all these sports teams, and I got to live at this house in Bel Air - this nine-acre estate - for free.
Here I am, a struggling actor, and movie executives are saying to me, 'My son's not playing much. What can we do about that?' How do I tell someone I'm dying to work with, 'Your kid is kind of lazy?'
I've done the day jobs and slung towels at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
There's kind of a summer camp aspect of filming on location.
If I could make every movie with Richard Linklater, I would.
It's a tough journey as an actor in Los Angeles.
What guy didn't want to be an astronaut growing up?
The Ryan Murphy universe is a very strange place to occupy, and I would never tell anyone who loves Chad Radwell to ever give up complete hope.
A Richard Linklater set is truly Eden.
Small screen or big screen my job on set doesn't really change. The only difference with TV is I get to be surprised with new information just like the audience every time I get a script.
Anybody who knows me knows that I'm a goofy and fun-loving guy.
Life doesn't come in plot points or setups and payoffs. Life washes over you and passes.
You have to learn to be a healthy competitor, winning or losing. Because there can be a lot more losses than there are wins.
My whole family was in 'Into the West' as a pioneer family; they're in the audience in 'The Great Debaters.' My family's been getting a lot of work off me!
Mel Gibson taught me to run properly. You've got to pump your arms and move your feet faster, or you just don't look cool.
There's only so many great movies that come about every year.
It's hard because there's a little bit of PTSD from when you're a struggling actor, working at a restaurant or living in a garage. There's a little bit of an inherent knee-jerk reaction to say, 'Yes, yes, yes, please just give me a job.'
Ryan Murphy is one of the best at creating universes.
My family loves movies. My dad and I used to eat a huge breakfast, and then we'd just go hang out at the theater all day together. We loved movies like 'Indiana Jones' and 'James Bond.' We were both big action-adventure movie fans. So I kind of grew up with an appreciation for film.
The peacocking nature of baseball players and athletes in general - you're all kinda competing for who's got the most swagger.
If you worry about what's going to end up in the final cut, it's like you're thinking about the endgame.
