Best quotes by Ed Westwick

Actors about their rolesActing workYou have to do things that excite you; you have to have a passion for your work. Otherwise you're just a face on the screen.

People think Chace is gay, and thought I was gay, that we were humping. It’s not true, but hilarious. People project their fantasies onto people. I’ve never been someone who makes it my objective to go out and pick up chicks. But I’ve met some fantastic ladies here. You know those amazing conversations where you find yourself in a café talking until 2 a.m. and never see them again.

I've always connected with music. Life's not always what you see; it's what going on in your head. Music is what comes out of your subconscious.

This is my trademark: I rip my T-shirt. I’m into the whole showing-a-bit-of-chest-hair thing.

I can't stand watching myself on TV.

I don't come from a famous family and don't have this detachment from everyday people and everyday life. I'm just doing my job and the attention that comes with it is part of the territory.

I don't want to do something where I play a kid in a school. And I don't understand these spoof movies.

Music gets inside you, music captures you. Music becomes your heartbeat. It’s a drug and makes you feel whatever the song’s about.

It's very difficult to juggle two careers, unless you're going to have someone put it all together for you. Because you're on TV, somebody just gives you a record deal - that's not how I'd want to get it, because it's just not real.

Live fast, die young.

I was just doing bits and pieces of acting in the UK. I'd been in the film Breaking and Entering - Anthony Minghella gave me my start and I miss him dearly. Then I made the trip out to LA, during one of their pilot seasons, which was when they were developing Gossip Girl, and I auditioned, and things came together.

I don't think musicals are my thing. I'm not a big fan. Definitely have to get on the stage and do something like a straight play.

I grew up in a middle class English family just outside London. I wasn't surrounded by that speedy city lifestyle, it was a little mellower.

I feel like you just need to keep writing until the writing itself just begins to take shape.

When I need to think of, like, a peaceful scene or something, I think of my back garden in summertime. And whenever I hear the lawnmower next door, I always think it's really peaceful.

I'm a rock 'n' roll guy, really. I'm a big fan of Elvis. I got "Heartbreak Hotel" tattooed on my chest.

I like the glamorous indie rock look, like The Libertines. But you know, without the heroin needle sticking out of my arm.

I bite my nails. I've been chewing on them for years. As long as you don't chew through flesh it's all right.

Keep your standards high, and any guy who is worth it will rise to meet them.

I've got a clear line between work and real life.

I'm all for being in love and whenever I like someone, I end up pretty much completely smitten.

Be a good-looking corpse. Leave a good-looking tattoo.

I'm a big fan of London in the summertime. English people are dependent on weather to change our attitudes, and, provided it's a decent summer, everyone's spirits are uplifted and the whole place is in bloom. It's a magical transformation. London in the summer, going to see bands play outside, watching football.

I can pretty much live without fast food. I haven't eaten McDonald's in so long, but it's okay.

I grew up with it. As a young actor, I was always aware of the brilliant work of Shakespeare. We studied Romeo & Juliet and Macbeth in school. As a young actor, you're always mystified and intrigued by such brilliant work. To actually have the chance to be involved in this production was a wonderful thing for me.

I think gardens are fantastic, and I'd love to draw and design and stuff like that. I love just planting flowers during the summer. There's something very humble about it, and natural and beautiful.

'Villain' is such a harsh word.

To be respected as an actor it doesn't help to be seen out in the clubs.