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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.

- Dylan O'Brien

Think, Happen, Set, Groove

I moved to California when I was twelve and I got a video camera and made little movies because I didn't have any friends yet. I would force my sister to make these movies with me - which became my YouTube channel.

- Dylan O'Brien

YouTube, Became, Moved, Video Camera

You never want to pull any punches. You want that stuff to be as real and as vicious as possible.

- Dylan O'Brien

Never, Pull, Punches, Vicious

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.

- Dylan O'Brien

Loved Ones, About, Learned, Traumatic

Part of growing up is realizing you learn to love so many people. It's about forming those relationships and finding what will last forever.

- Dylan O'Brien

Love, Last, Forming, Realizing

If you have a good thing going behind the scenes, you'll have a good thing going on-screen.

- Dylan O'Brien

Behind, Going, A Good Thing, On-Screen

I just really like fun, cool, interesting, quirky girls. And sometimes you find that in 6'2 model bodies and sometimes they're short and brunette. All shapes and sizes - it's really about the personality. That sounds cliche, but it's so freaking true!

- Dylan O'Brien

Sometimes, About, Bodies, Quirky

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.

- Dylan O'Brien

Mental, Over It, Part, Heal

Stiles is a version of me that rarely exists in the real world. He's so confident and extroverted, and I'm much more restrained and internal.

- Dylan O'Brien

Confident, More, Internal, Restrained

It's a generational thing. It'd be great if some kids grew up with me as that Jason Bourne figure.

- Dylan O'Brien

Great, Some, Figure, Generational

I think there's something to be said about pacing yourself.

- Dylan O'Brien

Think, I Think, About, Pacing

With TV, you just have to finish the days and get the episodes out. And it's always going to be an impossible schedule. That's the funny thing with TV that not a lot of people realize.

- Dylan O'Brien

Always, Funny Thing, TV, Episodes

In high school, girls started wearing high-waisted pants with their shirts tucked into them. I don't get what that's about.

- Dylan O'Brien

Pants, Wearing, About, Tucked

I love sprinting, but I hate long-distance running. Isn't that funny?

- Dylan O'Brien

Love, Running, Sprinting, Long-Distance

I'd like to get into some sort of workout regimen so I can properly be healthy and exercise like a normal human being. I seem to not do that... ever.

- Dylan O'Brien

Normal, Some, Human Being, Regimen

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.

- Dylan O'Brien

Sometimes, Show, About, Pump

I really just want to work with good directors and learn as much as I possibly can.

- Dylan O'Brien

Work, Learn, Want, Possibly

The 'Maze Runner' family, we all just really genuinely love each other.

- Dylan O'Brien

Love, Other, Genuinely, Runner

To me, the 'Maze Runner' fans have been so supportive of everything I have done.

- Dylan O'Brien

Me, Supportive, Been, Runner

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.

- Dylan O'Brien

Want, Some, Otherwise, Organic

You don't disrupt genius at work.

- Dylan O'Brien

Work, Genius, You, Disrupt

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.

- Dylan O'Brien

Younger, Everybody, Issue, Diva

There's just something awesome about going all-out for 20 seconds and then stopping and getting to guzzle Pedialyte.

- Dylan O'Brien

Going, About, Then, Just Something

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.

- Dylan O'Brien

Trust, Inexperienced, Vet, Fully

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.

- Dylan O'Brien

College, Audition, Going, Semester

I've always wanted to play Peter Parker, obviously.

- Dylan O'Brien

Play, Always, Wanted, Parker

I always whip up chicken cutlets or something. Or I make chicken parm and pasta, or something like that.

- Dylan O'Brien

Chicken, Always, Like, Whip

When a chick has a sense of humor, there's nothing more attractive.

- Dylan O'Brien

Humor, Sense Of Humor, More, Chick

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...'

- Dylan O'Brien

Waiting, Out, Corner, Chick

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.'

- Dylan O'Brien

Strong, Through, Guard, Whoa

My heroes are guys like Tom Hanks, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Matt Damon. These are amazing actors with amazing careers that every actor should aspire to. I'm not saying I'm going to get anywhere close. It's not going to be an easy feat. I'm just in awe of their careers.

- Dylan O'Brien

Amazing, Aspire, Anywhere, DiCaprio

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.

- Dylan O'Brien

More, Screen, Least, Distracted

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.

- Dylan O'Brien

Doing, House, Bit, Let Go

Having a connection and chemistry with a director is really key.

- Dylan O'Brien

Chemistry, Director, Having, Key

I was in school, but I wasn't into school. I wasn't doing what I wanted to be doing in school, which was film studies. That was what I intended on doing, but I didn't go away to a university because I wanted to stay in L.A. and audition while I took classes, so I elected to go to a community college and just take G.E. courses. It was terrible.

- Dylan O'Brien

College, Doing, Away, Studies

I'm very shy. I wish more people believed me when I say that.

- Dylan O'Brien

I Wish, Very, More People, Believed

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.

- Dylan O'Brien

Excited, Other, Projects, Popular

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.'

- Dylan O'Brien

Like, Oh Yeah, Yeah, Brunette

I'm a huge 'Indiana Jones' fan.

- Dylan O'Brien

Fan, Indiana Jones, Huge, Indiana

I've always wanted to do action movies.

- Dylan O'Brien

Movies, Always, Wanted, Action Movies

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.

- Dylan O'Brien

Say, About, Jon, Talented

It's always a long process of trying to suppress the self-doubt on set when you're acting.

- Dylan O'Brien

Process, Always, Set, Self-Doubt

I'm always a little innately shy when I first talk to a girl, and I think I always will be! But I think that's a good thing. You don't want to lose that.

- Dylan O'Brien

Think, Always, A Good Thing, Innately

I just want to work with good filmmakers and do good projects that mean something to me and play interesting characters. That's really it.

- Dylan O'Brien

Work, Play, Projects, Filmmakers

I want to work with filmmakers who are really smart.

- Dylan O'Brien

Work, Want, Really, Filmmakers

I'll never be, at least in my mind, as cool as Jason Bourne.

- Dylan O'Brien

Cool, Mind, Never, Jason

I don't really give much thought to the roles that I'd ideally love to play.

- Dylan O'Brien

Love, Play, Give, Ideally

It's honestly just pressure that I put on myself when I'm working. It's just how I operate.

- Dylan O'Brien

Myself, How, Honestly, Operate

Michael's great. He's everything you'd want Michael Keaton to be.

- Dylan O'Brien

Want, Everything, Michael, Keaton

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.

- Dylan O'Brien

My Life, Remember When, Apartment

I'm a big root beer guy.

- Dylan O'Brien

Beer, Big, Guy, Root

I haven't worked with a director who is a crazy person at all.

- Dylan O'Brien

Director, Person, Worked, Crazy Person

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.

- Dylan O'Brien

Good, Book, Tastes, Hooked

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.

- Dylan O'Brien

Always, Admired, Awful, Nightmare

I'm excited to see what comes my way, see what I'm interested in next, and just see what happens.

- Dylan O'Brien

Excited, See, Next, Happens

I just happened to step into acting. And now I can't imagine myself doing anything else.

- Dylan O'Brien

Myself, Doing, Imagine, Happened

I never have an opinion about clothes and know nothing about fashion.

- Dylan O'Brien

Never, Nothing, About, Opinion

I'm nervous and awkward.

- Dylan O'Brien

Nervous, Awkward

I've never looked at myself as this pop candy type.

- Dylan O'Brien

Never, Candy, Looked, Pop

You have to latch onto somebody while you're working.

- Dylan O'Brien

Working, You, While, Onto

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.

- Dylan O'Brien

Shy, Performing, Funnier, Ended

I'm never offered any sort of roles. I need to audition in a typically lengthy process to receive roles.

- Dylan O'Brien

Process, Audition, Receive, Lengthy

Yeah, I've only been acting since I was 18 out of high school.

- Dylan O'Brien

School, High, Been, Acting

The thing I like a lot about acting is I'll never learn enough. I'll never know it inside and out.

- Dylan O'Brien

Learn, Like, About, Acting

'Teen Wolf' ending is, like, huge. I know no acting without the show, basically.

- Dylan O'Brien

Wolf, Ending, Like, Acting

I love baseball - 'Moneyball' was my favorite book when I was 13.

- Dylan O'Brien

Love, Book, I Love, Baseball

It's kind of too generic, a male lead.

- Dylan O'Brien

Kind, Too, Male, Generic

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.

- Dylan O'Brien

Teen, Like, Any, Wolf

I'm still on the ground, so I just do my thing.

- Dylan O'Brien

Just, Still, Thing, Ground

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.

- Dylan O'Brien

Work, Proud, Away, Something

I really try to live my life a little more, in ways I would hold back from previously.

- Dylan O'Brien

My Life, More, Back, Try

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.

- Dylan O'Brien

Celebrity, Could, Honestly, Overwhelmed

I can run pretty quick.

- Dylan O'Brien

Run, I Can, Pretty, Quick

I didn't have that many friends my first few years of high school. It was very cliquey and I'm super shy, so it was hard to make friends.

- Dylan O'Brien

Shy, Very, Many, Super

The perfect date is the one where anything and everything goes wrong, but at the end of it, all you want is to see them again.

- Dylan O'Brien

Perfect, Date, Goes, Anything And Everything

Growing up, I was in love with Jennifer Aniston from 'Friends.'

- Dylan O'Brien

Love, Growing Up, Growing, Jennifer

I feel like I'm good with girls. I understand them and am good at loving them. I've always felt like that's been natural for me.

- Dylan O'Brien

Natural, Always, Been, Loving

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