Anytime you take a book and make it into a movie, you're going to have people who have their version of it in their minds and whatnot. You can't please everybody.

You have to maintain who you are as a person and stay true to yourself - that's my biggest moral as a human being, as well as a very self-deprecating sense of humor.

I think the brutality is important to convey as part of the story, to see how brutal it is to have these kids in battle with one another.

My mom is the greatest mom in the whole wide world. She's done everything for me to make my dreams come true.

Whether it happens over 10 years, like with a lot of people, or with one hit movie that thrusts you into that world, when you become successful as an actor, you become well known. In the end game, that's just part of the business.

I still get a little nervous when talking to girls. Which is awful, and embarrassing, because I feel like I shouldn't.

Ever since I first started acting I've wanted to have a long career.