You know what Ansel Elgort reminds me of? The snotty rich-kid characters in John Hughes films. Like, he’s a baby version of James Spader’s Steff in Pretty in Pink. I’m just going by looks here, but am I wrong? Even his name seems like the name of a snotty rich kid. If you’re around teenage girls, you probably know him from the Divergent franchise and The Fault In Our Stars. He got the cover of the April issue of Seventeen to promote Insurgent. Thoughts on the cover? I actually like the idea of a major magazine aimed at young women putting a dude on their cover. Like, this isn’t “Seventeen for Boys” this is just straight-up Seventeen. As for the interview… Ansel just turned 21 years old, and he gives somewhat weird/charming interviews. He doesn’t sound like a bad kid at all, he just likes… romance, date nights and buying red snakeskin Louboutins for his mom.

On whether a guy can be just platonic friends with a girl: “If a woman is really pretty, it’s kind of hard. I’m not going to lie. Actually, that’s not true. Me and Shailene [Woodley] have a really platonic relationship. I’ve never once wanted her sexually, which is nice. But for me, if a person is someone I’m attracted to, and she’s my best friend, hopefully we’re dating.”

On his dream date: “I like romantic dates—going on a long walk in Central Park and then taking the subway downtown and going out to eat and ordering oysters. After that, you walk around again and talk. Morning dates are nice, too. I love doing romantic s***. It’s fun. It’s like you’re living in a movie.”

On spoiling the women in his life: “I like to buy girls shoes and jewelry. I buy stupidly expensive shoes. I got Louboutins for my mom and my girlfriend before. My mom was like, ‘I can’t wear these; they’re too high.’ I was like, ‘Mom, you have to try them – they’re so cool. They’re red snakeskin!’ She still wears them every so often but she can’t walk in them.”

On whether he ever got into any trouble in high school: “[My friend] Jordan and I used to throw eggs off my roof and hit cars. We got in trouble with the police when I was 15. They came to our door. I told my dad, ‘We were throwing eggs off the roof and you were out of town and they got really mad at us and said if we did it again we would get in trouble, but we’re never going to do it again.’ I said it all in one sentence. He was like, ‘Okay.’”

[From Seventeen]

If you were 15, 16 years old, would you be into this? I think it’s unfair to judge him at my age (30-something) because he really does just look like a baby to me. But if I was a teenage girl… yeah, I would probably be into this. I would probably think it was so cool that he buys red snakeskin Louboutins for his mom and that he buys his ladies “shoes and jewelry.” Is it sweet? Or is he just… unusual?

Photos courtesy of Anne Menke/Seventeen.