Josh Hutcherson

Growing up in the acting world, you have a lot of opportunities to change who you are and what you believe in based on how people treat you. I never wanted to do that.

Ever since I first started acting I've wanted to have a long career.

I never really read a character before that I connected with more than Peeta. So, for me, if I couldn't get that job I was like, 'Well, if I can't play practically myself in a movie, what can I play?'

I like both athletic girls and girly girls. It depends on their personality. I like girls who can go out and play sports with me and throw the football around, but you don't want a girl who's too much tougher than you. I like brainy girls who can respond to what I'm saying.

I play basketball probably four to five days a week when I'm back home.

I think the brutality is important to convey as part of the story, to see how brutal it is to have these kids in battle with one another.

Well, getting behind the camera is something I've always wanted to get involved with. Ever since I was doing movies like 'Zathura' I was very interested in all the different jobs on set and kind of soaking all the information up like a sponge.

The way I look at it, movies are a different medium for storytelling than books.

As an actor, you're always playing different people, so you yourself are always kind of going through an identity crisis.

Auditioning is always so different for different things.

I don't like being treated differently.

I hate fame.