Alex Sharp Quotes

I'm interested in so many different things and art forms.

- Alex Sharp

Sometimes you catch people's eyes during the show, which is horrible and awkward. I can always see the people in the front row, and sometimes you get people who are fast asleep. Maybe they had a long day at work, but that's an expensive nap.

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To give a good interview, I often found it's a bit like acting, except it's yourself, so you have to be yourself.

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When I entered normal school, it was hard for me to adjust sometimes. I was so unused to just sitting down in a classroom and copying off the board - simple things.

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'To the Bone' is autobiographical. It's written and directed by a woman; it's starring all women, apart from me and Keanu, who are in lesser parts, and it's produced by women.

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Coming out of Juilliard, I honestly was expecting and willing to be breaking my neck, hustling, and being unemployed for a decade, two decades. I was gritting my teeth, but I was so down to do that.

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As an actor, I've been taught to just stay with your scene partner, and whatever they do, let it affect you, be spontaneous.

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I was really interested in observing people. From a young age, I wouldn't listen to what an adult was saying - I was obsessed with other people's body language.

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I've been to the Met Ball and the Tonys, but Cannes is particularly huge. Every time at these big events, it's just - whoa. Because at the end of the day, I'm a guy from Devonshire who grew up on a farm who loves his dog.

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I can be rather obsessive - especially when it comes to breaking through to the next level as an actor.

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I think controversy is an interesting thing in that it usually goes hand in hand with starting conversations that surround taboo or under-discussed topics that need to be discussed and need to be less in the shadows, in my opinion.

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I'm saving money like there's no tomorrow because, when I was at Juilliard, I had so little. They gave me a full scholarship because I didn't come from a wealthy family or anything.

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I've grown as an actor. I am more confident within my art form. I have also grown as a person. I am more compassionate, generous, and less judgmental.

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When you start a conversation about something that is under-discussed and you use art to convey it, I think that is incredibly powerful but is always going to create waves.

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Elle Fanning is my official stylist. If I'm buying a pair of sneakers or a suit, I just do what she tells me to do. She's my red carpet expert.

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You can do a good job when you play it safe, but you can't do a spectacular job. You have to risk it and be in danger of looking like an absolute fool.

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I'm not good at picking people up, I'd rather just get to know someone. I'm not an 'opening line' kind of guy; it's not really my scene. But at school, I was good at talking to girls. I wasn't good at making moves, though.

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My education was seeing and touching the world. I would read about the history of a castle with my mother - who was a teacher, so she home-schooled me - and then she would take me to the castle, and we would climb on it, and then I'd write creatively about it that night.

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I'm pretty careful about making sure that when I choose to do something, it's for the right reasons and that I really connect with it and care about it. So if the right musical came along, yes, I would totally do it!

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I'm very good at reading people - and very bad at math.

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I might not have been academically gifted - I was bad at maths, and science was a struggle - but I was good at English literature and became hooked on theatre.

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I got rejected from all the good drama schools first time.

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I spent the first seven years of my life in a caravan traveling around Europe and the United States because my parents were just obsessed with traveling.

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At school, I had to work really hard to get a D in maths. And I wasn't slacking off; I actually did work quite hard.

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I haven't felt anchored my entire life. But I kind of like it.

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I just feel it's a shame to let fear get in your way and stop you achieving things.

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As an actor, you spend years getting ready for an opportunity to arise, and when it does, you're ready for it.

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That's what I'm drawn to: playing characters that are completely different.

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Darren Criss is a legend.

- Alex Sharp

Be less afraid to be different.

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Acting is a different beast on screen. I'm excited to explore that. But, of course, it's an honor to be part of the Broadway community. It's a dream just to be here.

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Broadway doesn't pay that much.

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It was nice to have a break from acting - there's a lot more to life than acting. And that's important - to be a good actor, you have to know that and to live that.

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I've always found it hard to do what I'm told - I'm not very good at conforming.

- Alex Sharp