I didn't have that many friends my first few years of high school. It was very cliquey and I'm super shy, so it was hard to make friends.

I don't really give much thought to the roles that I'd ideally love to play.

I feel like I’m good with girls. I understand them and am good at loving them. I’ve always felt like that’s been natural for me.

Acting is a weird thing. You've gotta do it to get better, and you've gotta try things to grow.

This is life and imperfection is beautiful and don’t be afraid of that.

It's interesting to play that [ Thomas in The Maze Runner], actually. The audience gets to see the character discover who he is, things that he never even knew about himself. I love that Thomas starts out as the newbie, as the 'Greenie', and the audience kind of experiences that through his perspective. It's really cool to watch him discover these leadership qualities that he has, and the way you approach it... I guess, just honestly. As honest as you can, really.

I love doing stunt stuff and action stuff. I'm not flipping off helicopters; that would be insane.