Nicholas Hoult
Nicholas Hoult
Nicholas Caradoc Hoult is an English actor. Born in Berkshire, Hoult made his professional acting debut at the age of seven in the 1996 film Intimate Relations. He received recognition after landing the role of Marcus Brewer in About a Boy, for which he was nominated for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer. He received further acclaim for his performance as Tony Stonem in Skins...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth7 December 1989
CityWokingham, England
After 'Skins' I became mildly famous, which was a bit of a disaster.
I'd just like to carry on acting.
When I like something, I love it, but then I'll let it go completely.
I try not to be too optimistic or pessimistic. If you're a pessimist then that's depressing all the time; if you're an optimist and things don't work out then that's depressing, too.
Supposedly I'm impossible to talk to. But it's honestly not me being difficult. Sometimes you just don't have a lot to say.
I was really in to shiny things when I was younger and I stole a shiny tag for my dog. I didn't get caught. I hope I don't go to jail for that.
I think interviews can be fine. It's just there's this terrible fear of coming off wrongly or saying something that gets taken out of context.
It's always a bit overwhelming when you arrive on set and everyone's new, but you soon become a big family. I find the hardest thing about acting is that you have to say goodbye to everyone at the end of a shoot.
Other people's success spurs me on to do well and gives me motivation.
I was very touched he chose me. Maybe I'll pass it on to another young actor when I'm older.
I remember doing my SATs on a film set; you had to complete the tests in a certain time and, obviously, you couldn't be interrupted. I think I did pretty well; it wasn't too difficult.
I'm not scared of growing up, but it just happens, doesn't it?
I've realized why I don't tell the truth in interviews. It's because they're printed months later, and you change so quickly - you have new thoughts, new everything - so people are reading an old version of you.
I think if you set yourself specific goals, that's quite a lot of pressure.