28 Quotes by Andrew Garfield
Andrew Garfield is a British-American actor best known for his role as Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the “The Amazing Spider-Man” film series. He has also received critical acclaim for his roles in films such as “The Social Network” and “Hacksaw Ridge.” Garfield has been praised for his versatility and range as an actor and is considered one of the most talented actors of his generation. (Bio)
Andrew Garfield Quotes
When you’re struggling, you get stronger. (Meaning)
I’ve realised that at the top of the mountain, there’s another mountain. (Meaning)
One of the amazing things about Spider-Man is that you don’t see skin colour when he’s in the suit. You don’t see any religious beliefs. A hero is a hero, whether you’re a man, woman, gay, lesbian, straight, black, white or red all over ― it doesn’t matter.
Hate doesn’t end hate. Love ends hate.
I will write a book one day about how I feel about every aspect of Emily Stone. She’s a full genius. She has found her genius and is giving it all so fully and beautifully. I think everyone who works with her, brushes shoulders with her, or even makes eye contact with her, gets a shot of sunshine.
I’ve been obsessed with Michael B. Jordan since The Wire. He’s so charismatic and talented. It’d be even better—we’d have interracial bisexuality!
I do just want to be an actor. The thing I get out of it is actually doing the job and inhabiting the world and the role – and I mean that genuinely. That’s what I’m in it for.
That’s all I want, to keep losing myself.
When I first saw Emma Stone, it was like I woke up.
If I can keep losing myself – and finding parts of myself – in other people’s writing and direction, then that’s all I can really ask for. That’s all I want, to keep losing myself.
I feel incredibly awkward as a human being and incredibly teenaged still.
After a while, you crave pajamas and a shaved head.
I’m right next to two beautiful women right now, so I’m going to sit right back down.
I think too much. Being in my body is much more satisfying than being in my head.
Famous people scare me. I get really nervous around famous people. … I overcompensate (with) how unimpressed I am, which is completely and utter rubbish. So I’m a fan.
Obviously there’s something very seductive about movies, which can be attractive in a bad way if you’re doing them for the wrong reasons – for money, or for fame.
As an adolescent, Spider-Man was what got me through tough times in terms of being a skinny kid.
I believe that doing movies like this is positive because they can inspire and be entertaining.
I don’t believe anyone is ugly.
America always seemed to me this foreign land that I imagined I could escape to if I needed to get away – and I think that came both from the fact that I was born there and from watching so many American movies when I was a kid. I was brought up on American films.
I have to remember that I didn’t have to become an actor. I didn’t have to put myself in this position. If I’d wanted to have autonomy – if that was what I was after – then I could have chosen another profession.
I think above all else [The Social Network] is a love story. And something of a tragic one, I suppose.
I’ve gone through my whole life caring deeply what people think of me.
Spider-Man has always been a symbol of goodness and doing the right thing and looking after your fellow man.
Peter (Parker) is not that evolved. Peter wants to tell the world he’s a good guy: ‘ Like me, I’m nice.’ He’s a 19 year-old kid. He’s a kid struggling with being misunderstood. We’ve all been misunderstood. That’s universal too. I like being Peter.
My parents signed me up for classical guitar lessons, which made for two years of the most depressing Wednesday evenings.
I have very strong feelings about what modern fame means, and the toxicity of it. I read Naomi Klein’s No Logo when I was 15. It’s one of the things that’s shaped my relationship to fame – to endorsements, to selling things. I’ve taken a certain path in terms of all that stuff.
As an actor, one is so appreciative when one is working. I think I am lucky that I have the opportunity to work having that total dependence on an external validation.
― Andrew Garfield Quotes
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