Andrew Garfield Quotes

Andrew Garfield is a British-American actor known for his performances in film, television, and theater. He gained international fame for his portrayal of Spider-Man in "The Amazing Spider-Man" film series. Garfield has also starred in critically acclaimed films such as "The Social Network" and "Hacksaw Ridge." He is admired for his versatile acting skills and his ability to bring depth and emotional resonance to his roles.

I worked in a Starbucks that wasn't very popular - before the big coffee boom in London. My boss didn't take kindly to my incessant sitting. I was like, 'Look, I've dusted everything, the stockroom is all figured out... I would rather sit now so I have the energy when a customer does come in.'

I hope that I'm always struggling, really. You develop when you're struggling. When you're struggling, you get stronger.

I'm always having a crisis of faith, with everything. People who are certain are terrifying to me. That's how religious wars get started.

I've realised that at the top of the mountain, the... -Andrew Garfield

I've realised that at the top of the mountain, there's another mountain.

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.

Everyone has made themselves into a commodity with Facebook, Twitter - with all of these things, you're commodifying your life every time you post an Instagram picture.

We're all one thing, and we're all just enacting d... -Andrew Garfield

We're all one thing, and we're all just enacting different aspects of ourselves all the time.

We were under a lot of financial pressure when I w... -Andrew Garfield

We were under a lot of financial pressure when I was growing up.

I love that idea that if you know someone's story, it's impossible not to love them. This is potentially hokey but incredibly true, as far as I'm concerned.

We're always serving something, even if we're not ... -Andrew Garfield

We're always serving something, even if we're not aware of it. We're usually serving capitalism.

I'm pretty good at saying no to things, at discerning between what I'm supposed to do and what I'm not supposed to do.

It's much easier to gain control over a mass popul... -Andrew Garfield

It's much easier to gain control over a mass population when you pit them against each other.

Spider-Man has always been a symbol of goodness and doing the right thing and looking after your fellow man.

I just think I've always been sensitive and had difficulty containing my feelings, and I've always searched for outlets for that, because otherwise those feelings come out in chaotic ways that aren't always great.

I've gone through my whole life caring deeply what... -Andrew Garfield

I've gone through my whole life caring deeply what people think of me.

My parents signed me up for classical guitar lessons, which made for two years of the most depressing Wednesday evenings.

In film, there's this kind of constant fear that you're going to be doing too much. That may be an unfounded fear because I love sizable performances on film, especially when they're by performers who push the boundaries of what people deem the right kind of size.

Donald Trump is a lost soul wandering this Earth. He's been led down the Willy Loman path and believes his own hype. He's serving his little self and his little ego; otherwise, why would he need to overcompensate so much?

That's all I want, to keep losing myself.... -Andrew Garfield

That's all I want, to keep losing myself.

I feel incredibly awkward as a human being and inc... -Andrew Garfield

I feel incredibly awkward as a human being and incredibly teenaged still.

Films were really my church. As a young kid, it was movies and books; it was nothing remarkable, really, just that is where I felt soothed, that is where I felt most myself... safest.

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.

Since I was , I've had that feeling of, 'Am I enough? Am I worthy? Am I supposed to be here?' And my culture and society is telling me that I'm actually not in a lot of ways - unless I have this amount of money, or I'm in this kind of car and I have this kind of job, or I'm famous, or whatever.

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.

I have no interest in being known as a celebrity; 'celebrity' is a pretty disgusting word. It's part of the brainwashing of the culture, part of the false idolatry of those that are only human, and I don't want to participate in that.

I think too much. Being in my body is much more sa... -Andrew Garfield

I think too much. Being in my body is much more satisfying than being in my head.

When I found out about being cast in 'Spider-Man,' it was like this bubble developed around me. I was floating in it for a while. And then, suddenly, it evaporated, and I was like, 'Well, I'm just an actor. I don't get to actually be Spider-Man.'

As an adolescent, Spider-Man was what got me throu... -Andrew Garfield

As an adolescent, Spider-Man was what got me through tough times in terms of being a skinny kid.

I was raised with the idea that the arts were a doss - but the arts are vital. If you see Mark Rylance perform Shakespeare at the Globe, you know it's a spiritual act.

I'd much rather be in the world than in some ivory... -Andrew Garfield

I'd much rather be in the world than in some ivory tower somewhere.

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