Zac Efron Quotes

I connect with people on a daily basis.

Amanda Bynes and I have become close since filming 'Hairspray.' It's so weird because I grew up watching her.

Every time you make a movie you have to confront your fears.

I'll never try to put on a fake image. I'm just Zac.

If you'd have asked me when I was auditioning for High School Musical if I ever thought I was going to play a Marine.

If I splurge on anything, it's cologne. I love smelling good.

Dating is kind of hard. Like dinner or something like that. Like a forced awkward situation is very strange. Especially for me, for some reason.

A woman called me interesting once, and it kind of blew my mind. She said, 'You're one of the most interesting people I've ever met,' and I was like, 'Wow.'

I notice people that look good.

I don't think there are any rules in real face-to-face relationships or interactions. I think authenticity and being yourself is always, without a doubt, the best plan of action. Things happen differently when you're actually here, so you can't put out a general guideline that's gonna show up in text and be interpreted. There are no rules. Just be yourself.

My mom is the No. 1 person who has taught me to be courteous towards women, to always be respectful and polite to them, and to always lead with your heart.

I'm not getting married until I'm forty. If ever.

I bought an electric scooter in sixth grade. Bankrupted me.

Honesty is most important, and it's difficult when you're young and single and sort of figuring out your own life.

Fame is probably the most unadorable thing about acting.

It's weird, but I don't feel like think I deserve any of the attention. There's really nothing but one audition for a Disney Channel movie that separates me from 2,000 other brown-haired, blue-eyed guys in L.A., you know?

High School Musical has been a blessing and a gift.

I believe in destiny. I believe destiny opens doors for you, but it's up to you to walk through them.

I can't handle the paparazzi. They're everywhere. One of them was in a dumpster trying to take my photo the other day. It was crazy!

The most important thing for me is honesty. Just be honest and up front. I think that's the hardest.

Little Zac had it easy - but he didn't realize he had it easy, so he took it for granted. I think going through 'Hairspray' and other projects helped me learn about the business and life in general.

I can’t explain to you what it’s like to be a heartthrob. I don’t think I am a heartthrob.

I can tell that fame is probably the most unadorable thing about acting. High School Musical is what got me here today and I'm very grateful - but the fame part isn't so fun.

I'd love to take a year off and travel the world under the radar. I would love to do it really low key. I wouldn't need to stay in fancy hotels or anything; I just want to explore - but I don't know how I'd do it. Would I shave my head to try and go incognito? Ha ha! I'm not telling.

Spider-Man's probably my favorite. You see, Batman is a billionaire and there's nothing really cool about a billionaire saving the world. But Spider-Man is Peter Parker, a conflicted character who puts on a suit and saves the world. I love that.

When I'm stylizing, it's all about accessories.

In sixth grade, my basketball team made it to the league championships. In double overtime, with three seconds left, I rebounded the ball and passed it - to the wrong team! They scored at the buzzer and we lost the game. To this day, I still have nightmares!

I've always been singing. Since day one. I started doing musical theater and you have to sing in musical theater and so that's where I got most of my training. So singing on stage, you just inevitably, when you're around other vocal artists, you get better at singing.

One time I went into a restroom and a girl followed me in. I signed an autograph for her in the sink. It was pretty funny because she was in a guy's restroom and she wasn't embarrassed at all.

I'm a guy, but I'm not afraid to cry. Not all of the time. But when I'm watching a movie, I'll sometimes shed a tear, especially 'Moulin Rouge'.

I wouldn't just have other people write songs and me go out and sing it. I would sit down with a guitar and write 11 or 12 good songs for an album and that is gonna take a long time.

Being known for musicals is a great thing.

Every day is a new experience and I take it as it comes.

Working out is my biggest hobby. It's my Zen hour. I just zone out.

I like to go and do something adventurous. I like to go out and do some sort of crazy activity.

I usually spend Valentines Day with my friends. But if I did have a girlfriend, I'd bring her flowers and candy.

I think the most important thing is to establish myself as an actor. As much as it's a performing art, I'm not really a performer.

I've always cared about fashion and what I look like. I don't like to spend a lot of money on designer clothes, but I do like to look good.

Life should be fun not dumb

I've been doing musical theater since I was a kid. And look for a CD from me in the future. I want to write all the songs!

Sometimes you grow out of love.

You don't really know how beautiful a girl is, until you meet her, all her beauty is in her personality.

I like when a girl knows what she looks like and dresses to accentuate those features.

Jesse McCartney is one of the nicest people around. I hate when I hear bad things about him, because anyone who knows him would agree that he's a good guy and really humble.

I can't remember. . . . My character was sort of unconscious for it.

The more attention you give to the paparazzi, the more it just, like, validates everything . . .

There are moments when you love babies, and you're like, "God, they are the reason why we exist." Then they start crying, and you're like "God! Jesus!"

My advice to teens is to try and do something that scares you every day because it's the only way you can test how far you can really go. Whether it's going out and auditioning for the play or trying out for the basketball team, you have to explore your boundaries and see where you really want to go and the only way you can do that is to break out of your shell.