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It's very clearly stated in the film: You make your own choices, and what you're always fighting is ego.


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TAYLOR LAUTNER I live with my family. I moved to L.A. eight years ago, and it's the same room. But I'm look...
TAYLOR LAUTNER I got the famous Oprah hug!
TAYLOR LAUTNER If I start thinking, 'Is this movie going to open? Is this movie going to do well?' I'm ...
TAYLOR LAUTNER My favorite movie is 'Iron Man.' I tell people that I think it's just as good as 'Da...
TAYLOR LAUTNER Honestly, I try and stay away from what's been written about me, because if you let that stuff g...
TAYLOR LAUTNER Playing hard to get is not the way to win me over. I'm definitely more for the girl who can smil...
TAYLOR LAUTNER I signed this girl's arm. And the next day, a family member shot me an email, and it was a link ...
TAYLOR LAUTNER I definitely love Australia. I've been to Sydney and Melbourne a couple of times, and I love tho...
TAYLOR LAUTNER It's important to work through things in a relationship. You can't just give up because you&...
TAYLOR LAUTNER I am that weirdo that chooses the difficult route down the side of the street.
TAYLOR LAUTNER I hope that I would be considered romantic. I don't know... one of my favorite movies is 'Th...
TAYLOR LAUTNER I've always been really active. I grew up playing sports, so I'm always shooting hoops or th...
TAYLOR LAUTNER When I went to Australia, I went shark diving. It was crazy. It was called 'extreme' shark d...
TAYLOR LAUTNER The actual getting into the gym and working out process was easier, but the eating was harder. I had...
TAYLOR LAUTNER I love to have fun and goof around and be silly, so anybody who can also do that is good for me.
TAYLOR LAUTNER Filming 'Eclipse' - Eclipse was my favorite book so I was really excited to start filming th...
TAYLOR LAUTNER There's some things you just have to live with. Like twelve cars camping outside your house, and...
TAYLOR LAUTNER I believe in the saying, 'If you aim at nothing, you're going to hit nothing.' So if you...
TAYLOR LAUTNER I like to think of myself as very loyal, and I love everyone I surround myself with, whether they...
TAYLOR LAUTNER You've got to keep your eye on the prize and do what you love to do.
TAYLOR LAUTNER When I'm not acting, I try to be normal, play golf, play hockey. It's funny because you'...
TAYLOR KITSCH I would do 'John Carter' again tomorrow. I'm very proud of 'John Carter.' Box of...
TAYLOR KITSCH I admire an actor that can do a lot with doing nothing really, for the most part. I like doing a lot...
TAYLOR KITSCH Put paying your dues and all that puts so much into being a success. You have an understanding of wh...
TAYLOR KITSCH I have like 20 snap-up shirts in my closet, and I never, never would have thought before FNL would I...
TAYLOR KITSCH I played pretty darn competitive-level hockey. Then the good old knee injury. Obviously, it's a ...
TAYLOR KITSCH I've always been intimidated by the technicalities of taking photos, especially with a film came...
TAYLOR KITSCH A lot of people are surprised to hear that an actor studied for two or three years. They take the cr...
TAYLOR KITSCH There's that stigma about New Yorkers, how they're so mean, but in my experience it was quit...
TAYLOR KITSCH You never walk out of the gym and say, 'I shouldn't have gone.'
TAYLOR KITSCH I work a lot in Africa: Texas and Africa have the best sunsets on the planet, that I've ever see...
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