My dad’s a filmmaker, and my mom’s an actress. She was the original understudy, actually, for Harper in ‘Angels in America’ and did the show for about several months while she was pregnant with my older brother. And so I grew up obsessed with film and filmmaking. Lucas Hedges Read Quote
I grew up in a film-loving family. We watched the Oscars every year. My favorite thing in the whole world was film. The Oscars obviously was the holy grail. Lucas Hedges Read Quote
I have allergic reactions: it triggers my gag reflex when I read unrealistic dialogue from a teenager. Lucas Hedges Read Quote
I would absolutely be interested in doing a Broadway production if it was the right project. But my dream is to be writing pieces of theater for my best friends and putting on plays in New York City and seeing our vision come alive. I just hope to always be creating. Lucas Hedges Read Quote
In high school, I made friends with people in every social group. Or at least that’s how I perceived it. I thought they liked me. Maybe they didn’t! Lucas Hedges Read Quote
The first thing I ever auditioned for was a movie called ‘Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close.’ And, this is kind of a secret, but it came down between me and the one other kid for it, but I didn’t get it, so. Lucas Hedges Read Quote
If I did have social media, I would spend way to much time on it. It is way too addictive for me. Lucas Hedges Read Quote
It’s nauseating for me when I feel like I’m not growing or challenging myself. Lucas Hedges Read Quote
I grew up playing squash. I have all these squash trophies in my room… I was, like, third in the country. Lucas Hedges Read Quote
Ultimately, I think what I want from my career is to be able to create work for myself, and there’s only so much you can do as an actor in a movie. Lucas Hedges Read Quote
