I never really read a character before that I connected with more than Peeta. So, for me, if I couldn't get that job I was like, 'Well, if I can't play practically myself in a movie, what can I play?

I'm all about flannels and layers, so that's pretty much what I rock.

When you think hotness appeal, vampires automatically fall into that category.

I play Peeta. That's his name. It was given to him by his parents. He comes from a long line of bread. His sister is Rye. And his brother is Whole Wheat.

Our lives are not just measured in years. They are measured in the lives we touch around us.

I love storytelling so for me to get behind a story and get in there early in its infancy and kind of develop it in the early stages was something I really wanted to be a part of.

As an actor, you're always playing different people, so you yourself are always kind of going through an identity crisis.

One of the fans had a poster that said, 'I'm a Peeta-file. That was probably the best one.

I believe people are genuinely good. I don’t like to see the bad in people, so because of that, I could see myself falling into a bad situation. But thankfully, I haven’t yet.

Holden Caulfield is the best character in literature, period.

I have always believed in standing up for what I believe in and I believe that everyone deserves the right to love whoever they love no matter who they are.

Art is a space in which freedom tests its wings.

The deception of the world's ways is a prison till you find the key that will set you free

To live without Hope is to Cease to live.

...I don't have to worry about not meeting His expectations. God will ensure my success in accordance with His plan, not mine.

To me, pictures are about memory.

I am not a storyteller . . . not like the others. I only have one tale to tell.

I'm amazed how the tiniest moments grow into books.

Oh, yes, I love sleepless nights.

I just thought that I was going to get to sing for a living and I wouldn't have to go to work in the department store or whatever else you did if you were a woman in those days.

I took my son to Coney island, I said "wanna go in the crazy house?", he said "save your money we'll be home soon"!