“In 'The Giver,' I play a character called Jonas who is a member of thi...” — Brenton Thwaites Quote

In 'The Giver,' I play a character called Jonas who is a member of this community called Changeless. In this community, everyone is kept at bay emotionally and physically. They receive an injection every morning to control them from feeling things like love and pain and all natural emotions.

I studied drama at the Queensland University of Technology, which was amazing. I can't speak highly enough of that school.

I thought Leonardo DiCaprio was amazing in Baz Luhrmann's 'Romeo and Juliet.'

It's weird when auditioning for roles, because a lot of my mates go out for the same roles. You don't want to know that you're beating someone to the role.

The Bay Area for me has provided the most stability and it's definitely provided life-changing opportunities for myself, for my family, so I'm incredibly grateful for all that's gone on these past five years.

There was a time when an ordinary American could close the door and keep the world at bay. Now the world comes elbowing in every time you go online.

I was born in the Bay Area because my dad was a semi-professional photographer and poet who was really into John Coltrane. He's had many lives. My dad's a capitalist to his bone, but he's also a human to his bone.

I'm a Bay Area kid, born and bred.

I can't imagine bringing in somebody else to direct my show. Wouldn't that be funny, if next season I had, like, Michael Bay come in and direct 'Better Things'? I wonder what that would be like?