Top 43 Quotes & Sayings by Ed Westwick

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English actor Ed Westwick.
Last updated on September 17, 2024.
Ed Westwick

Edward Jack Peter Westwick is an English actor and musician best known for his role as Chuck Bass on The CW's Gossip Girl as well as Vincent Swan in the TV series White Gold. He made his feature film debut in Children of Men (2006) and has since appeared in the films Breaking and Entering (2006), Son of Rambow (2007), S. Darko (2009), Chalet Girl (2011), J. Edgar (2011), Romeo & Juliet (2013), Bone in the Throat (2015), Freaks of Nature (2015), Billionaire Ransom (2016), and Me You Madness (2021).

Today there are paparazzi out, I'm doing a day of press, I'm in a hotel, I've just been on Radio 1. But when I'm in my day-to-day life people don't know who I am and I'm left to my own devices.
I'm just happy to be doing a job that I love.
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've been writing a lot of poetry recently. It helps me think and work things out.
When I find someone who is worth it, I'll be nice and respect that person and put some time in.
Live fast, die young.
I was just doing bits and pieces of acting in the U.K. 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 L.A., during one of their pilot seasons, which was when they were developing 'Gossip Girl,' and I auditioned, and things came together.
This is my trademark: I rip my T-shirt. I'm into the whole showing-a-bit-of-chest-hair thing. — © Ed Westwick
This is my trademark: I rip my T-shirt. I'm into the whole showing-a-bit-of-chest-hair thing.
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.
I can get moody sometimes when I wake up after a nap - I'm like a four-year-old.
If people want to really know what's up with me then they can read one of my interviews.
To be respected as an actor it doesn't help to be seen out in the clubs.
I can't stand watching myself on TV.
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.
I wouldn't want a manicure. I'm a man's man!
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 can pretty much live without fast food. I haven't eaten McDonald's in so long, but it's okay.
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.
I'm all for being in love and whenever I like someone, I end up pretty much completely smitten. — © Ed Westwick
I'm all for being in love and whenever I like someone, I end up pretty much completely smitten.
It's always good to be around nice-looking people.
I'm a big fan of Elvis, man. I got 'Heartbreak Hotel' tattooed on my chest.
I have two older brothers. I am the baby. We're all very, very close. We're great communicators, so we get along really well.
I love working in America, I love being part of the industry out here.
I've got a clear line between work and real life.
I feel like you just need to keep writing until the writing itself just begins to take shape. — © Ed Westwick
I feel like you just need to keep writing until the writing itself just begins to take shape.
'Villain' is such a harsh word.
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.
Be a good-looking corpse. Leave a good-looking tattoo.
I'm an actor; I want to play roles, not a role.
Music is my release.
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.
This is my trademark: I rip my T-shirt. I’m into the whole showing-a-bit-of-chest-hair thing.
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 like the glamorous indie rock look, like The Libertines. But you know, without the heroin needle sticking out of my arm. — © Ed Westwick
I like the glamorous indie rock look, like The Libertines. But you know, without the heroin needle sticking out of my arm.
I don't want to do something where I play a kid in a school. And I don't understand these spoof movies.
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.
Keep your standards high, and any guy who is worth it will rise to meet them.
You 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.
I'm a rock 'n' roll guy, really. I'm a big fan of Elvis. I got "Heartbreak Hotel" tattooed on my chest.
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.
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.
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