Top 60 Taron Egerton Quotes About Life (ACTOR)

Top 11 Most Famous Taron Egerton Quotes (BEST)

“I’m into books – I love literature, so I toyed with the idea of being an English teacher. I had a fantastic English teacher at school. I think great English teachers make the world go round.”
Taron Egerton

I think being busy is a healthy thing. — I think being busy is a **healthy** thing.

People always say 'humbling', but I actually think it's quite inflating being nominated for an award. It's wonderful; it's a great feeling. — People always say ‘**humbling**‘, but I actually think it’s quite inflating being nominated for an award. It’s wonderful; it’s a great feeling.

I don't want to look back at my career and see a string of incredibly commercial projects that don't have much heart. I'm looking for things that have soul. — I don’t want to look back at my **career** and see a string of incredibly commercial projects that don’t have much heart. I’m looking for things that have soul.

“To be perfectly honest, I like pressure. It’s something I find exciting. And I am the kind of personality that gets very bored very easily. The work I try and involve myself with is ordinarily determined by how much it sort of frightens me.”
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I can afford to get Tescos finest sandwiches rather than the basic ones.

“If there’s one thing I’ve learnt, it’s that I don’t think a man ever looks better than when he’s in a suit. So I’m wearing them increasingly, not in my personal life, but in my professional life, and I’m really enjoying it.”
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I want to surprise people and do different things and maybe do something that's not quite financially rewarding. — I want to surprise people and do different things and maybe do something that’s not quite financially rewarding.

“When a bunch of stuff is happening on set, you have to remember the grander purpose: you’re telling a story, so you have to get to that moment, and that takes supreme focus.”
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I've met some incredible people who I really admire. — I’ve met some incredible people who I really admire.

“I’m not sure that I want my life to consist of Hollywood franchises, to be honest. There are other types of work that I’m interested in, like theater and just more serious drama and I just don’t know.”
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8 Thought-Provoking Taron Egerton Quotes

“I would have to have some tragedy and romance in my life, but I’ve actually had a very cushioned, caring upbringing. I’m desperately seeking some edge. Maybe I’ll find it one day.”
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I don't want to worry about maintaining an air of decorum that's not natural to me. — I don’t want to worry about maintaining an air of decorum that’s not natural to me.

“I think a British icon is someone who conducts themselves with real dignity, someone who is truly talented and modest. These are things that I would aspire to in my career.”
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I think the idea of participation trophies has gotta be a really, really great thing. Kids are under enough pressure as it is without encouraging them to be the best too early. — I think the idea of participation trophies has gotta be a really, really great thing. Kids are under enough pressure as it is without **encouraging** them to be the best too early.

“Doing the press has become as much of a job as getting in front of the camera. You have to avoid burnout, avoid saying anything stupid, but still come across as yourself.”
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For my money, when you're doing an on-camera performance, unless it's for something particularly stylized, you are, by and large, striving for naturalism. — For my money, when you’re doing an on-camera performance, unless it’s for something particularly stylized, you are, by and large, striving for naturalism.

“If something appeals, something appeals. I don’t think I’m particularly calculated about it. I know I have an alarm bell that goes off in my head where something feels like it has no creative integrity to it at all, and it’s just about making money.”
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“Part of me looks forward to a time when I have a family and a partner and I take less of my nourishment from social occasions. Having a little unit around me will make my working life easier, because it is quite lonely otherwise.”
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7 Taron Egerton Quotes on Other Actors

“The big competition was between me and Ed Holcroft, who plays Charlie. Ed and I, despite the fact that we loathe each other in the film, are really big friends. But we – from day one – had a big competition to see who would get the biggest pecs, because we knew that we had to be topless. I think he may have got the guns, but in terms of abs and pecs I think I just pipped him to the post.”
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Jason [Sudeikis] is a successful actor and comedian, I don't think that he takes comedic roles any less seriously than he does dramatic roles. — Jason [Sudeikis] is a successful actor and comedian, I don’t think that he takes comedic roles any less seriously than he does dramatic roles.

Hugh Jackman has got guns to die for. Have you seen his arms They are bigger than my head! — Hugh Jackman has got guns to die for. Have you seen his arms? They are bigger than my head!

This is going to sound a bit weird because she's a lot older than I am, but I've got a thing for Meryl Streep. — This is going to sound a bit weird because she’s a lot older than I am, but I’ve got a thing for **Meryl Streep**.

If I could play any superhero, my favorite superhero is Spider-Man. Andrew Garfield is wonderful at doing it to the point that I don't think I should play it. — If I could play any superhero, my favorite superhero is Spider-Man. Andrew Garfield is wonderful at doing it to the point that I don’t think I should play it.

Brie Larson's performance in 'Room' was pretty incredible. — Brie Larson’s performance in ‘Room’ was pretty incredible.

9 Taron Egerton Quotes on Being an Actor and Playing Different Roles

I have absolutely no interest in playing the young male lead around which a story happens.

I get cast as a lot of sympathetic characters. I'd like to play someone really unpleasant. — I get cast as a lot of **sympathetic** characters. I’d like to play someone really unpleasant.

I only act in films where I've got an A-lister as my mentor. — I only act in films where I’ve got an A-lister as my mentor.

I'm trying to play parts which are a little more out there, but I want variety. — I’m trying to play parts which are a little more out there, but I want variety.

I want to play real characters rather than young leads in very plotty things. I want variety.

I want to have fun. I'm not interested in being a serious actor, because I think it's boring, and I think we've got plenty of them. — I want to have fun. I’m not interested in being a serious actor, because I think it’s boring, and I think we’ve got plenty of them.

I'm not interested in going and doing a big, action-adventure romp with nothing to say about being a human being. — I’m not interested in going and doing a big, action-adventure romp with nothing to say about being a human being.

I've made these films, and I'm really proud, but my lifestyle hasn't changed. — I’ve made these films, and I’m really proud, but my lifestyle hasn’t changed.

I'm a working actor. I don't make my own work, so it's the opportunities that are presented to me. — I’m a working actor. I don’t make my own work, so it’s the **opportunities** that are presented to me.

2 Taron Egerton Quotes on X-Men

I can say I'm not doing 'X-Men.' I love the franchise, and I love the people who make them on and off screen. — I can say I’m not doing ‘X-Men.’ I love the franchise, and I love the people who make them on and off screen.

Of course, everyone would like to play a superhero, but this is by no means me saying I would like to go play Cyclops.

6 Taron Egerton Quotes on Being in Theater

“You go to drama school, and the people you revere and admire are those who work on the London stage, and you hope that’s a world that you’ll be able to break into and do enough occasional television and small film work to eventually get to the point where you’re paying the bills.”
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I didn't go to drama school to be a musical theatre performer. I enjoyed it, but I didn't go to do that; I went to be an actor. — I didn’t go to drama school to be a musical theatre performer. I enjoyed it, but I didn’t go to do that; I went to be an actor.

In school, I always sang in choirs. In fact, I used to do a lot of musicals in the youth theatre that I was a member of between the ages of 16 and 18.

I did a musical when I was 17, an amateur show, and I loved it.

In drama school, I entered a singing competition, which I ended up winning, which was great.

I'd like to do a play, and I'd like to do a musical. — I’d like to do a play, and I’d like to do a musical.

3 Taron Egerton Quotes About Working Out

“In order to do that you have to eat so strictly in order to maintain something like that and it has to become a real lifestyle. That extreme is not one I could maintain all the time, it’s a real commitment to living a certain way. You have to do a certain amount of gym hours a week and you have to be pretty militant with yourself with regards to what you eat. If we ever decide to do another Kingsman I would certainly do it again. It’s fantastically enjoyable when you do do it, you feel wonderful. To see my body transform and then to have that there forever on screen is quite a nice feeling. For generations to come, we can all appreciate my abs.”
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“The expectations for this film were so high. But if you are playing someone who has to save the world, you do have to have a bit of muscle tone, don’t you? Dropping the fat, putting on muscle, all of that is really hard if you haven’t done it before. Ultimately it’s very rewarding. But you do put yourself though a lot of pain to get yourself into that kind of shape. Watching my body transform was not something I ever imagined I could do – to completely change. Locked in a vault somewhere are some before and after photos.”
Taron Egerton

“I lost a lot of fat and put on a lot of muscle. I got down to five percent body fat and 88 kilos, which is quite lean and muscle-dense. It’s not something I’ve done before. Frankly, it’s a massive, massive lifestyle choice. I’d relish the opportunity to do it again.”
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2 Taron Egerton Quotes on Friends

“I feel like I’ve made good friends with people I’ve worked with, but in terms of lasting inspiration, it is probably Matthew Vaughn who directed ‘Kingsman’ who’s been really supportive, loyal to me, and been a really good person to work with.”
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