Douglas Booth Quotes

When I saw 'Talk to Her' for the first time, I was crying out loud because I couldn't imagine that I was doing that film.

Whenever I perform, people get me because I'm talking about things that people can identify with and relate to. I'm not just up there doing jokey, jokey, joke.

I couldn't possibly write 'Next to Normal,' but God, I can weep and watch 'Next to Normal' five times.

I think what I reacted to so strongly when I first saw 'Pinocchio' was that I identified with the character so strongly. The movie takes you on a whole journey, a rollercoaster of emotions, and that sometimes means some very scary places. But in the end, it comes out okay.

I cry whenever I watch an emotional scene that I did, just because it brings me back to that moment. It's like, I remember being there; I remember feeling what I felt. It's really weird, right?

They are very personal, emotional songs - people react to them very strongly.

'Middlesex' by Jeffrey Eugenides left me both moved and, at times, laughing out loud in delight.

Teenagers have more intense reading experiences because they've had fewer of them. It's like the first time you fall in love. You have a connection to that first person you fell in love with because it was so intense and unprecedented.

I never leave a piece of theater that I love and say, 'That was a good point; They made a good point.' I leave, and I feel something.

Some of us get a feeling when we hear music and we feel music, and you want to figure out how to continue to feel that.

'The Five People You Meet in Heaven' by Mitch Albom - I read it in eight hours and blubbed my eyes out when it finished. I've thought about the story every day since.

When you're watching a movie and find yourself getting emotional, it's because you're bringing something personal to the images. It's the same thing with acting. You're bringing the essence of your core emotional being to that moment.

I had a strong visceral reaction to the 'Moonlight' script, partly because I felt I knew all of these characters.

A buddy of mine is doing a documentary on decisions, and they're not based on a ton of logic. It's mostly how you relate to them emotionally.

I believe that theater has to be utterly life-changing for the people watching it.

People have cried at a couple of shows. To think that someone could do that for me... Jesus Christ. That's a crazy sign.

'Premam' moved me; it was almost like seeing life play out on screen.

You either have to make people love you or you have to make them hate you, it doesn't really matter either way. If you can't bring that emotion out of your audience then you're not going to have them for long.

It's hard to explain music when it goes in your gut and makes left and right and turns and moves you and resonates with you.

My approach to selecting a film is very simple - it should touch my heart.

That's why I fell in love with country music: it made me feel something.

I've had tons of incredible conversations with people who say they got married or buried relatives to my songs.

People often reach out and comment on how they relate to my lyrics, which makes me feel very warm inside.

The most incredible part of seeing people embrace and recognize my music is experiencing the lives of people when they are powerfully affected, encouraged, and personally impacted.

Music can inspire immediate emotional reactions, even if the only person who hears it is the person creating it.