"If you put the work in, and you show that you're willing to work hard, you'll succeed"
"It's 'The Hunger Games.' My character needs to look hungry. A little bit"
"I grew up close to Melbourne, about two hours outside, on Phillip Island. It's really small; it's kind of a little summer beach town"
"I love watching my brothers raise their kids and not have to do it for myself and have the responsibility"
"We love making movies. We got into the business to make movies. At the end of the day, whether you're doing a low budget film or a big budget film, you want it to do well and you want people to see it. That's the whole point. You want to put some kind of message in it"
"If I was to get turned down by a girl, I'd just give up and say, 'Oh well.'"
"I learn more with every job, and I'm very thankful for where I am"
"How comedic are squirrels? We don't have squirrels in Australia. The first time I saw a squirrel was at a meeting at Disney"
"I read a lot of Zen books. And I grew up surfing, so that has always been my escape"
"I've worked with little kid actors before, and when they start crying or anything like that, it makes my job so easy, because you react. A little kid crying, there's not much else to do"
"The people that live in these districts, they don't want to watch it. They don't want to see their children die or killing other people. The only people that it is entertainment to are the people in the capital that have been brainwashed and are misguided and living in a completely unrealistic kind of world"
"I work with accent coaches a lot and try to do my best to get the Australian out of there"
"I played a paraplegic on a show called 'Neighbours.' Just turned up on set, sat in a wheelchair. The producer came up to me one day and said, 'We have to cut around that entire scene because your leg was moving.'"
"The first few years in L.A. were really tough and scary, but I had to figure things out for myself"
"'The Hunger Games' takes place in Panem, a country which is part of America. It's post-apocalyptic. There's been a global war. The Panem country is what remains of this hugely destructive war"
"I don't spend a lot of money on myself, really"
"Sushi is my favorite thing to do in L.A"
"Honestly, I'm not an extravagant person; I don't spend a lot of money"
"I used to wear my brothers' hand-me-downs, which were all too big on me"
"I read as many scripts as I can and just find stuff that I think is interesting, find stories that I think are worth telling"
"I love junk food"
"Harrison Ford comes on set, and he's very polite and says, 'Hello' to everyone. He cares about everything that's going on, on set. He cares about what's going on with your character and what's in the scene and what's on the desk"
"I like getting my feet massaged; I'll get whoever's closest to do it"
"I don't lift weights"
"I studied cooking all through high school"
"I'd love to do action-y types of films; you know, as long as they're good stories"
"I like suits that are fitted. And I usually stick to grays, whites, and blacks"
"John Malkovich is such an interesting person and such a fun actor to work with"
"I love getting into physical shape for a film; it makes me feel more like what the character needs to be"
"Acting is a tough business to break into"
"As the younger brother, I think you always have crushes on your older brother's girlfriends"
"Most of my friends surfed, so we would go before school, after school - literally, whenever we could"
"When I'm boxing, if my career isn't going well, at least I feel mentally and physically strong"
"I used to have an afro - like Will Ferrell in 'Semi-Pro.' It was bleached blond from the sun. I was tall and awkward. I was not cool"
