Jacob Elordi

"I didn’t want to make those movies before I made those movies. Those movies are ridiculous. They’re not universal. They’re an escape. That one’s a trap as well. Because it can become 15 for them, none for you. You have no original ideas, and you’re dead inside. So, it’s a fine dance. My ‘one for them,’ I’ve done it."

"I feel the most free in my career that I ever have. When I was 15, I read Waiting for Godot in theater class. I didn’t understand it, but something changed. Acting, performance, and story became my church. Later, when I started making movies, that feeling went away, and for years I tried to find it again."

"Working with Guillermo was a really profound experience; he creates a cinema of the soul. When Guillermo del Toro asks you to make a movie, there’s no decision-making process. It’s just, “Yes.”"