Glen Powell Quotes

I've done the day jobs and slung towels at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

- Glen Powell

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.

- Glen Powell

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.

- Glen Powell

Male bonding is the idea of having the confidence to say, 'I'm going to take you down.'

- Glen Powell

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.

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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.

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There's kind of a summer camp aspect of filming on location.

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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!

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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.

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The peacocking nature of baseball players and athletes in general - you're all kinda competing for who's got the most swagger.

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If you say 'yes' to good things, you will get good things.

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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.

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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.

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'Scream Queens' is its own reality.

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When I read 'Scream Queens' for the first time, I felt the voice of the show was fresh, unapologetic, and non-stop fun.

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Anybody that knows me knows that I'm a huge fan of Texas. I live and breathe Texas.

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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.

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What guy didn't want to be an astronaut growing up?

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It's a tough journey as an actor in Los Angeles.

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If I could make every movie with Richard Linklater, I would.

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You have to learn to be a healthy competitor, winning or losing. Because there can be a lot more losses than there are wins.

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I feel like that's the nature of being a young guy - competition brings people closer. That's how I bond with people.

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It's nice getting to always work with such extremely talented people.

- Glen Powell

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.'

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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?'

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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.

- Glen Powell

Chad Radwell lines are very, very quotable.

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Ryan Murphy is one of the best at creating universes.

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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!

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A Richard Linklater set is truly Eden.

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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.

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Life doesn't come in plot points or setups and payoffs. Life washes over you and passes.

- Glen Powell

If you worry about what's going to end up in the final cut, it's like you're thinking about the endgame.

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My style comes from a very masculine point, and Valentino has a very masculine fit. It's built for corn-fed guys like me.

- Glen Powell

Ryan Murphy is a genius. In terms of television, very few have been as prolific.

- Glen Powell

Guys all want something beyond what they're being given - in every facet of life.

- Glen Powell

There's an energy and intimacy around a foosball table that nothing else compares to.

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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.

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Anybody who knows me knows that I'm a goofy and fun-loving guy.

- Glen Powell