Top 35 Miles Teller Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “In most relationships, somebody cares about the other one more and that’s usually why you get out of a relationship because it’s not reciprocated.”

— Miles Teller

2. “I was in good shape from Divergent. Damien Chazelle, the director of Whiplash told me, ‘Stop Working Out! Don’t go outside!’ He wanted me pale and doughy. This is the first movie where I shut myself off from the world. It was, by far, the hardest thing I’ve ever done.”

— Miles Teller

3. “I don’t trust a girl that doesn’t eat. I find that a little sketchy.”

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4. “Naked acrobatics are on my resume.”

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5. “Some girls have crazy eyes. You can spot that!”

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6. “At the end of the day, it’s hard to keep relationships with people. I’ve got my family, my best friends and if a girl’s gonna be a part of that then it’s got to be good. If not, I’m out.”

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7. “For me, I still have feelings for all of my ex-girlfriends. In different parts of my life, I would miss that person. There’s something that drew me to that person, and I shared something with them.”

— Miles Teller

8. “I’m the first one out on the dance floor. In college I had to take jazz, ballet and tap dancing, but, before that, it was just social.”

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9. “My second grade teacher told me I would never graduate high school. That I was going to be a juvenile delinquent.”

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10. “Honestly, I’m not a big movie buff in general. The only movies I own is probably the ‘Indiana Jones’ trilogy.”

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11. “For me, as far as friendship goes, I think you truly get out of it, what you put into it.”

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12. “My mom is very proud of introducing music to all her kids. But I played in some bad rock bands my junior and senior years of high school.”

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13. “I’ve played drums since I was 15. My sisters and I all played instruments. I kind of started with piano and then I actually played saxophone with a jazz band in middle school. So, any knowledge I had of jazz music was from playing alto-sax back then.”

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14. “Living in somebody else’s pain for an actor man, it’s actually nice when you get to feel that kind of emotion. That’s what I like.”

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15. “The makers of ‘21 and Over’ have been screening it, and I’m getting a lot of comparisons to a young Vince Vaughn.”

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16. “Just go to a bar, watch football – that’s fun to me because I’ve not gotten to see anything because I’ve been travelling so much. Playing some shuffleboard and some pool and darts. I like kind of dive-y bars.”

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17. “I just got an iPhone, which is cool, but I don’t download movies, I don’t watch Hulu, I don’t have Netflix. I don’t do any of that. But I do geek out to music.”

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18. “If I don’t have a schedule in front of me, I do enjoy sleeping. It’s important for your body!”

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19. “When I was in middle school, I always did well in school, but teachers either loved me or absolutely hated me.”

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20. “I feel like my body doesn’t judge the hours, you know? It doesn’t care if it’s daytime or nighttime.”

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21. “I like girls who are cute and naturally funny. As long as they are not too high-maintenance, then we’re good.”

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22. “I used to have a big crush on Andie MacDowell.”

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23. “I got into acting my junior year of high school. We got a new hot drama teacher and I was like ‘Alright, I’ll try drama.’”

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24. “I always had ambition. I always knew I was going to go to college. I could party and do that stuff, but I always got straight A’s and a 4.0 and all that.”

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25. “As a drummer, you can’t fake the instrument. A trumpet, you could be blowing air; a person who plays the trumpet could still say, “Oh, those aren’t the right hand motions.” On drums, you have to actually hit them. You can’t fake it.”

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26. “I’ve always felt like I can dance.”

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27. “I think girls are surprised when you actually really listen and then you call it back at the end of the night.”

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28. “For me, the greatest kind of success that I’ve had on a particular project or in exploring a role does come through collaboration. I wouldn’t want to do a movie where everything I do the director just says, “Good job” and I’m under directed.”

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29. “I just love the history of acting. It’s such a beautiful craft and you absolutely get out of it what you put into it.”

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30. “I’ve played drums in bands since I was 16.”

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31. “I start a boxing movie and that’s kind of something I’ve been able to get to the gym for. It’s great anytime you can parallel a skill that your character has. I just think it makes it even more rewarding.”

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32. “I grew up in a very small town in Florida, like, 7,000 people.”

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33. “Absolutely, ‘Rabbit Hole’ gave me a nice first introduction into film acting.”

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34. “I drummed in some rock bands. I asked for a drum kit when I was 15 and my parents were kind enough to buy me one and I just started playing with my buddies who played guitar.”

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35. “I think my character rallies people together to go out and drink.”

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36. “Going to high school in rural Florida, we always partied down in the woods. Somebody – one of the rednecks – would leave class and mow a path out to a field, and we’d drive out there. Dude, every party I went to was lit by a bonfire. Acoustic guitar.”

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37. “Four is a powerful figure in literature and physical form.”

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38. “Acting doesn’t exist in a vacuum. You need the director to have a set of eyes.”

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