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98 statements about Augustus Waters in 47 videos, by upload date.

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2011

2011-06-06 · Men Running on Tanks and the Truth about Book Editors — John admits a weakness: in his drafts every day is Friday, and Julie's notes tease him for not tracking which day it should be. (playful) — 00:01:28
2011-06-06 · Men Running on Tanks and the Truth about Book Editors — John reads from Julie's editorial letter on his new book, which raises Augustus's philosophy against Hazel's, the nobility of sacrifice versus illness, and what constitutes martyrdom. — 00:02:04
2011-10-28 · Reading Chapter One of The Fault in Our Stars — Hazel Grace Lancaster: At group, Hazel meets Augustus Waters, 17, who had osteosarcoma, came at his friend Isaac's request, and says he fears oblivion. (fiction) — 00:13:59
2011-10-28 · Reading Chapter One of The Fault in Our Stars — Augustus Waters: Augustus tells Hazel she is beautiful, likens her to V for Vendetta-era Natalie Portman and invites her to watch the film at his house. (fiction) — 00:20:54
2011-10-28 · Reading Chapter One of The Fault in Our Stars — Augustus Waters: Augustus explains his unlit cigarette as a metaphor: holding the killing thing between your teeth without giving it the power to kill; Hazel then goes to the movie with him. (fiction) — 00:26:29
2011-10-28 · Reading Chapter One of The Fault in Our Stars — John says the book is the story of Hazel and Augustus trying to come to terms with Hazel's opening soliloquy that everything will end in oblivion, and of their life together. — 00:27:15
2011-11-25 · Chapter TWO of The Fault in Our Stars — John recaps Chapter 1: Hazel and Augustus meet at a cancer kids' support group; he says she looks like V for Vendetta-era Natalie Portman and invites her to watch it at his house. (fiction) — 00:00:37
2011-11-25 · Chapter TWO of The Fault in Our Stars — Hazel Grace Lancaster: In the novel, Hazel suspects Augustus's licence was a 'cancer perk': the little things cancer kids get that regular kids don't, like signed basketballs or homework passes. (fiction) — 00:02:50
2011-11-25 · Chapter TWO of The Fault in Our Stars — Hazel Grace Lancaster: Augustus's parents fill their house with sayings on plaques and pillows that they call 'encouragements'. (fiction) — 00:07:16
2011-11-25 · Chapter TWO of The Fault in Our Stars — Augustus Waters: Augustus tells how, shooting free throws on his last day with both legs, basketball suddenly seemed pointless and made him think of hurdlers jumping arbitrary obstacles. (fiction) — 00:12:01
2011-11-25 · Chapter TWO of The Fault in Our Stars — Augustus Waters: Augustus asks for Hazel's story, not her cancer story, and urges her not to become her disease, since cancer is in the business of taking people over. (fiction) — 00:15:10
2011-11-25 · Chapter TWO of The Fault in Our Stars — Hazel Grace Lancaster: Hazel's favourite book is An Imperial Affliction, a book so personal that recommending it feels like betrayal; Augustus promises to read it and gives her The Price of Dawn. (fiction) — 00:16:31

2012

2012-03-20 · Sharpie Face Question Tuesday — John says he will be involved in the TFIOS movie in any way he can be helpful, but he is not a movie person. — 00:00:10
2012-03-20 · Sharpie Face Question Tuesday — announcement: John says Fox 2000 optioned the movie rights to The Fault in Our Stars; hopefully they will make it, but it is too soon to get excited. (hedged) — 00:00:16
2012-03-20 · Sharpie Face Question Tuesday — John: Asked who should play Hazel and Augustus, John says he knows nothing of contemporary actors (Drew Barrymore is still 17 in his mind) and asks who viewers would want. (playful) — 00:01:28
2012-03-27 · Wrong but Right: Thoughts from Places Amsterdam — John walks toward the Vondelpark to relive Gus and Hazel's wish, showing the novel's places: the Hotel de Filosoof, the tree Hazel looks at, Peter Van Houten's house, the Anne Frank House and the canal-side bench. — 00:00:43
2012-03-27 · Wrong but Right: Thoughts from Places Amsterdam — John visits a restaurant (name unclear, heard 'Blossom') that inspired the restaurant Gus and Hazel visit, then gets lost walking around the city. — 00:02:01
2012-05-01 · Moon Farts: Being Charlie While Running Errands — announcement: John notes that the movie rights to The Fault in Our Stars were optioned by Fox 2000, and that the script is being written by the writers of (500) Days of Summer. — video description
2012-05-01 · Moon Farts: Being Charlie While Running Errands — John goes to get his movie deal notarized, calling it the day of the best errands ever; the description says it is the movie option for The Fault in Our Stars. — 00:01:23
2012-06-05 · The Dangling Rope of Terror: It's Question Tuesday — John: Asked whether he will cast nerdfighters in a Fault in Our Stars movie, John says if Fox makes it he will have exactly as much say in casting as viewers, and should not be trusted with it. — 00:02:27
2012-08-28 · In Which the Candle Dies — John: Expecting an unpopular opinion, John loves the Swedish TFIOS cover: bold, weird, pulpy, all love, death, grenades and sacrifice, the cover Augustus would want. (hedged) — 00:00:58

Also named in: Burning Peeps, My OTP, and Velociraptors: It's Question Tuesday

2013

2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — Ashley Clements and Daniel Gordh read the Anne Frank House chapter of The Fault in Our Stars, ending with Hazel and Augustus's kiss, the applause and the walk back to the hotel. (fiction) — 00:39:10
2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — John says Esther, a Nerdfighter reader very sick with cancer when they met in 2009, taught him what Augustus learns: the real hero's journey goes from strength to weakness. — 00:54:11
2013-01-22 · How to Be More Than Friends: Question Tuesday — John: Asked about the TFIOS movie, John says he loves the script but doesn't think he is allowed to say anything else. — 00:02:19
2013-02-19 · Doing Things, On the Importance of — John: Having had his heart broken by Hollywood before, John is starting to think the Fault in Our Stars movie is actually going to happen. (hedged) — 00:01:18
2013-02-19 · Doing Things, On the Importance of — John warns viewers not to believe what they read online about the film, since Los Angeles journalists seem to make things up; real news will come from him. — 00:01:26
2013-04-02 · TFiOS Movie Casting, New Books, and Groundhog Wars: An Old School Vlogbrothers Video — announcement: John says a film adaptation of The Fault in Our Stars seems increasingly likely, though still not certain. (hedged) — 00:01:27
2013-04-02 · TFiOS Movie Casting, New Books, and Groundhog Wars: An Old School Vlogbrothers Video — John admits the film makes Nerdfighteria and him nervous, but calls director Josh Boone brilliant and deeply understanding of the book; Boone's first film Stuck in Love opens in June. — 00:01:27
2013-04-02 · TFiOS Movie Casting, New Books, and Groundhog Wars: An Old School Vlogbrothers Video — announcement: John announces Shailene Woodley has been cast as Hazel, citing her Golden Globe nomination and Sundance award, and says she is a real fan who wrote him before the film. — 00:01:56
2013-04-02 · TFiOS Movie Casting, New Books, and Groundhog Wars: An Old School Vlogbrothers Video — John says, in what he calls his most positive statement ever about Hollywood, that people should be cautiously optimistic about the film. (hedged) — 00:01:56
2013-05-14 · Puppies, Pegasi, and TFiOS Casting: It's Question Tuesday — John: Asked for his favourite photograph, John picks 'Young Farmers' (also called 'Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance, August 1914'), noting they were also headed for World War I. (playful) — 00:00:24
2013-05-14 · Puppies, Pegasi, and TFiOS Casting: It's Question Tuesday — announcement: John confirms the TFIOS film casting: Ansel Elgort as Augustus Waters and Shailene Woodley as Hazel Grace Lancaster. — 00:00:37
2013-05-14 · Puppies, Pegasi, and TFiOS Casting: It's Question Tuesday — John: To fans angry about the casting, John says he too wants a good movie; having seen the auditions, he says viewers will just see Hazel and Gus, not the actors. — 00:00:44
2013-05-14 · Puppies, Pegasi, and TFiOS Casting: It's Question Tuesday — John says he has a surprising amount of say in casting: he is not casting the movie, but the producers and director include him in everything. — 00:01:04
2013-07-19 · TFiOS Movie, Bees, Babies, and More! — announcement: John reads a viewer question that assumes TFIOS filming in Pittsburgh has started, corrects it (filming does not start until August 26th), and the question asks whether he will be coming to Amsterdam. — 00:01:00
2013-07-19 · TFiOS Movie, Bees, Babies, and More! — John says people seem to think the movie is being made by him, but he is just the author of a book. — 00:01:07
2013-08-13 · Shailene's Hair, Unfair Monopoly, and the Just World Fallacy — John says Shailene Woodley, who will play Hazel in the Fault in Our Stars movie, is a rare soul who stays weird, empathetic and wonderful despite success. — 00:02:49
2013-08-27 · On the TFIOS Movie Set — John is on the set of The Fault in Our Stars movie, in a trailer with producer Isaac, filming at a deliberately weird angle so as not to give away locations, and cannot show the set (no spoilers). — 00:00:06
2013-08-27 · On the TFIOS Movie Set — John says the movie is happening because of the script, producers, director and cast, but also because many people read, loved and shared the book: without that, there would be no movie. — 00:02:12
2013-09-10 · Secrets of the Movies: Thoughts from The Fault in Our Stars Set — John says he is back in Pittsburgh on the set of the TFIOS movie, hundreds of miles from the arcade game. — 00:00:33
2013-09-10 · Secrets of the Movies: Thoughts from The Fault in Our Stars Set — John says one of his favorite things about the movie so far is that real teen cancer survivors were cast for the support group; he thanks them for taking part and sharing their experiences. — 00:02:20
2013-09-10 · Secrets of the Movies: Thoughts from The Fault in Our Stars Set — announcement: John does a quick Question Tuesday with Ansel Elgort, who plays Gus, and says viewers can submit questions so that maybe they will do another one with real questions. (hedged) — 00:02:53
2013-09-17 · Question Tuesday with Nat Wolff (aka Isaac in The Fault in Our Stars movie) — Nat Wolff: Asked if Shailene Woodley is a good kisser, Nat says he wouldn't know: Isaac doesn't get to kiss Hazel. (playful) — 00:00:28
2013-09-17 · Question Tuesday with Nat Wolff (aka Isaac in The Fault in Our Stars movie) — Nat Wolff: Nat, on his second movie with director Josh Boone, calls Boone one of his best friends and hopes to work with him for the rest of his career. (hedged) — 00:02:14
2013-10-04 · Q&A with Ansel Elgort and Mike Birbiglia from The Fault in Our Stars Movie Set — John says he has been on the set of The Fault in Our Stars film for the last couple of weeks, where very little news gets in. — 00:00:05
2013-10-04 · Q&A with Ansel Elgort and Mike Birbiglia from The Fault in Our Stars Movie Set — John says that earlier in the week he asked Ansel Elgort, who plays Augustus Waters, real questions from real Nerdfighters. — 00:00:19
2013-10-04 · Q&A with Ansel Elgort and Mike Birbiglia from The Fault in Our Stars Movie Set — Ansel Elgort: Asked for his favorite scene so far, Ansel names a car scene with Gus filmed Friday night (John stops spoilers) and calls it his favorite scene as an actor. (hedged) — 00:01:06
2013-10-11 · TFiOS Movie, Emma Approved, Subbable Update, etc — announcement: The description says the TFiOS movie is finishing filming and will be in US theaters on June 6th. — video description
2013-10-11 · TFiOS Movie, Emma Approved, Subbable Update, etc — announcement: Hank says shooting of The Fault in Our Stars movie is wrapping up and he is glad to have John back. — 00:00:05
2013-10-18 · Curiosity is the Greatest Human Quality — Hank thanks the event's organisers and tells John he is sorry John couldn't come, though filming a movie in Amsterdam is a pretty good excuse. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:28
2013-10-22 · Question Tuesday: The Fault in Our Stars Movie Edition — John never thought The Fault in Our Stars would become a movie: Hollywood rarely makes love stories about disabled teenagers, with a lead wearing a nasal cannula in every scene; he is delighted. — 00:00:00
2013-10-22 · Question Tuesday: The Fault in Our Stars Movie Edition — John confirms he cried a lot on the movie set, because, without spoilers, there are some sad parts. — 00:00:00
2013-10-22 · Question Tuesday: The Fault in Our Stars Movie Edition — announcement: John says he will be in the movie unless his scene is cut, in a 'really important role' he is not yet allowed to reveal. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:29
2013-10-22 · Question Tuesday: The Fault in Our Stars Movie Edition — announcement: John: The film comes out on June 6 in the US; John does not yet know the international dates. — 00:00:29
2013-10-22 · Question Tuesday: The Fault in Our Stars Movie Edition — announcement: John: Shooting finished five days ago; the film now has to be edited, which is when it really becomes a movie and takes a long time; it is held for June as summer fare. — 00:00:58
2013-10-22 · Question Tuesday: The Fault in Our Stars Movie Edition — John stresses he is not a producer and the film is not his movie: he is not its director, producer, casting director, music supervisor or actor. — 00:01:27
2013-10-22 · Question Tuesday: The Fault in Our Stars Movie Edition — John: Indianapolis landmarks were recreated in Pittsburgh by set designers; Funky Bones was rebuilt with help from the artist and Sarah, who flew out to check it, and up close John could not tell it from the real one. — 00:02:26

2014

2014-01-07 · Warm Things for Cold Times — announcement: John says The Fault in Our Stars movie is being made in Los Angeles and shows its poster. — 00:00:16
2014-01-14 · Giving Away Over $700,000 — John went to Los Angeles a couple of days ago to watch a movie he doesn't think he is allowed to name; he hints that it comes out on June 6th. (hedged) — 00:00:00
2014-01-14 · Giving Away Over $700,000 — John says the movie is funny but at other times very, very sad; he really loved it, which is exciting and a huge relief. — 00:00:06
2014-01-24 · The Naughty Professor: Hank and John at the Beach - REUNION! — announcement: John: Asked by Hank about the TFIOS trailer, John says it will come out soon, in the next few weeks. — 00:02:56
2014-01-24 · The Naughty Professor: Hank and John at the Beach - REUNION! — John says he has seen the trailer and thought it truly excellent; he hopes others like it and is very nervous for everyone to see it. — 00:03:03
2014-01-28 · Question Tuesday! TFIOS Movie Trailer, Penguin Knees, and Backflips — John is kind of upset that the TFIOS film trailer leaked, mostly because it is a beautiful high-definition trailer, not a low-res phone video of a screener. — 00:00:22
2014-01-28 · Question Tuesday! TFIOS Movie Trailer, Penguin Knees, and Backflips — announcement: John says the trailer debuts officially tomorrow, so viewers only have to wait about twenty-four hours. — 00:00:31
2014-01-28 · Question Tuesday! TFIOS Movie Trailer, Penguin Knees, and Backflips — announcement: John: To hold viewers over, John gives the world premiere of a ten-second TFIOS film teaser, with Hazel's line about being thankful for 'our little infinity'. — 00:00:37
2014-01-28 · Question Tuesday! TFIOS Movie Trailer, Penguin Knees, and Backflips — John: Asked which US presidents should play TFIOS film characters, John casts the whole film, e.g. Obama as Gus, Jefferson as Hazel, Andrew Johnson as Van Houten, Carter as Patrick. (joke) — 00:02:24
2014-01-31 · In Depth Viewing of the TFiOS Trailer — Hank congratulates John on the release of the TFIOS film trailer, calling it fantastic. — 00:00:00
2014-01-31 · In Depth Viewing of the TFiOS Trailer — Hank calls the TFIOS trailer amazing and says he has watched it something like 50 times. (playful) — 00:02:21
2014-01-31 · In Depth Viewing of the TFiOS Trailer — Hank says Augustus wears his signature leather 'pterodactyl jacket', so called because people at the warehouse noticed it looks like a pterodactyl from a certain angle. (playful) — 00:03:01
2014-01-31 · In Depth Viewing of the TFiOS Trailer — Hank thanks John for helping bring something so cool into the world; he is extremely excited for John and himself, though the film is still five months away. — 00:03:28
2014-04-08 · I Don't Even Know — announcement: John says next month (May 2014) he goes on a brief tour with Nat Wolff, Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort, who play Isaac, Hazel and Gus in the TFIOS movie. — 00:00:01
2014-04-08 · I Don't Even Know — announcement: John says the TFIOS film comes out June 6, the promotional travel starts now, and he, Nat, Ansel and Shailene will visit several US places, doing he doesn't know what yet. (hedged) — 00:01:46
2014-04-15 · Walking the Red Carpet: Thoughts from Los Angeles — John says he loves Nerdfighteria and talking about what he cares about but does not want to be a real celebrity, which is why they always turned down TV; he went because he is proud of the TFIOS film. — 00:01:59
2014-04-15 · Walking the Red Carpet: Thoughts from Los Angeles — John tells Nerdfighteria the film's attention will be weird and hopefully awesome, but they should focus on continuing to do what they are good at. (hedged) — 00:02:44
2014-05-06 · TFIOS Movie Madness, Incongruent, and Headless Hotel People — John says the TFIOS film is starting to happen: they just held the first screening for fans of the book, and the fans liked the movie. — 00:01:58
2014-05-12 (said on 2014-05-13, implied) · Perfect Puff and Endless Interviews: Touring and Hollywood Press Junkets — John was reunited with friends who played the support group in the film, all of whom have lived with cancer, and toured with YouTuber Evelina Barry as co-host. — 00:00:29
2014-05-12 (said on 2014-05-13, implied) · Perfect Puff and Endless Interviews: Touring and Hollywood Press Junkets — John: After early hair and makeup ('a lot of work to wrangle the puff'), John found hours of press-junket interviews weird: a new TV interviewer every five minutes, for hours. (playful) — 00:00:48
2014-05-27 · ALL THE SHIRTS (and some paths to community) — John: Sarcoma is the cancer Augustus Waters has in The Fault in Our Stars, and lots of real people have it; John hates it. — 00:00:45
2014-05-30 · Nerdfighteria Census 2014 Results! — announcement: Hank announces The Night Before Our Stars: US-only screenings (not everywhere, not Missoula) on June 5, the day before release, then a livestream with John, Nat Wolff, Ansel Elgort, Shailene Woodley and Josh Boone. (hedged) — 00:02:58
2014-06-03 · The Fault in Our Stars Movie Premiere — John: The day after, John says the premiere was amazing, laughing and crying with 1,200 people, and he was glad Hank sat two seats away. — 00:02:15
2014-06-03 · The Fault in Our Stars Movie Premiere — John says he loves the movie and finds it amazingly faithful to the book, powerful, funny and moving; its makers cared about the story and each other. (hedged) — 00:02:41
2014-06-06 · Thoughts from the TFiOS Premiere! — Hank is not worried that the movie is bad or that people won't like it: it is great, people will love it, and he cried several times because it added to him. — 00:03:14
2014-06-10 (said on 2014-06-07, implied) · Our Old Friend Complexity: Behind the Beautiful Forevers — John says the TFiOS film looks set to be the number one movie in America this week (week of 9 June 2014), beating films that cost hundreds of millions of dollars. (hedged) — 00:00:10
2014-06-10 (said on 2014-06-07, implied) · Our Old Friend Complexity: Behind the Beautiful Forevers — John says reviews of the TFiOS film have been amazing and, per Rotten Tomatoes, 93% of viewers liked it. — 00:00:19
2014-09-16 · It's Question Tuesday! Cheesy Jokes, Paper Towns Movie, and Dinosaur Butt Brains — announcement: John: The TFiOS film comes out on DVD today, John says, with an extended cut. — video description
2014-11-21 (said on 2014-11-20, implied) · The Sleepiest Sleepyhead in Sleeptown — John: Now in Los Angeles after some sleep on the flight, John spent the day with Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort and others from the TFIOS movie as an Amsterdam-style TFIOS bench was installed on the Fox lot. — 00:02:33
2014-12-08 · I'm Home! Time to Get Ready for the 2014 Project for Awesome — John mentions his copy of An Imperial Affliction that Hazel read in the TFIOS movie: a prop, not a real book, the same four pages he wrote over and over. (playful) — 00:00:12

2015

2015-04-14 · A Long Good Day — John: Shailene Woodley won best actress for her role in The Fault in Our Stars; her kindness about John in her speech made him cry, and Nat teased him for it. — 00:02:23
2015-04-14 · A Long Good Day — John: The Fault in Our Stars won Best Movie, and John made the acceptance speech, as everyone had urged, so that he could thank Esther. — 00:02:38

2016

2016-01-19 · The Looking for Alaska Movie, Davos, and Hufflepuff Shade: It's Question Tuesday — John: Asked to six-degrees-of-Kevin-Bacon himself, John says he acted in The Fault in Our Stars movie (scene cut, but in the extended version) with Laura Dern, who was in Novocaine with Kevin Bacon. (playful) — 00:01:23
2016-01-19 · The Looking for Alaska Movie, Davos, and Hufflepuff Shade: It's Question Tuesday — John admits this bums him out but reminds him how lucky he was with two great book-to-movie experiences; authors are almost never as welcomed into the process as he was with The Fault in Our Stars and Paper Towns. — 00:02:19
2016-09-20 · Failing to Follow Up The Fault in Our Stars — John says The Fault in Our Stars kept selling, and in May 2012 he read an amazing screenplay adaptation and realized it might become a movie. — 00:01:14

2017

2017-04-14 · ★★★★ Review: The TFiOS Bench - Amsterdam — Hank reports critical reviews: Milena's two-star review finds the bench extremely uncomfortable and wonders how Hazel and Gus did it; Dominika says people need to treat it better. (hedged) — 00:01:27
2017-12-05 · On the Movies — John says he almost didn't sell the film rights to The Fault in Our Stars, partly after bad experiences in Hollywood and partly because the book was very close to him. — 00:01:05
2017-12-05 · On the Movies — John says he sold the rights and got very lucky: Elizabeth and Erin at Fox 2000 were perfect stewards, with amazing producers, screenwriters and cast, and a movie he really loved. — 00:01:54

2018

2018-08-28 · The Book Was Better? — John: Fans were very mad when Nat Wolff was cast as Isaac, who is blond in the book, and John was concerned too, but Wolff turned out to be the perfect Isaac. — 00:01:06

2022

2022-01-11 · The Fault in Our Stars - Ten Years Later — John thanks readers for keeping Hazel and Gus around all these years; it means a lot to him. — 00:03:24

2024

2024-02-06 · The Truth of How Books Become Movies — John says The Fault in Our Stars movie sold a ton of books. — 00:03:24