Josh Hutcherson
Josh Hutcherson

I think those that are holier-than-thou don't make jokes. They take themselves too seriously and Peeta doesn't take himself too seriously. This is what I believe in and I'm comfortable with that and I can make a joke here and there.

Josh Hutcherson
Josh Hutcherson

I'm so excited. I love Peeta so much. I think that over the course of the next couple of books, he has so many interesting places to go to, character-wise. I'm ready to dive full-force into it. When I saw the movie actually, it got me energized. 'Let's go get some cameras! Let's go shoot the second one right now!'

Josh Hutcherson
Josh Hutcherson

For me, in the third book, when Peeta gets brainwashed by the Capitol, that's going to be fun to play. The rest of the time he's very much into Katniss, and for that to get turned around and to play it the other way, that's going to be very exciting.

Richard Corliss
Richard Corliss

Fess up, 'Hunger Games' fans: Does anyone care about Peeta or find him attractive? He's the Ron Weasley of the series: he gets points for callow valor and sympathy for his run of bad luck, but he remains a pasty, earnest bore.

The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games

Katniss Everdeen: [discovers Peeta painting his arm] Hi.
Peeta Mellark: Hey.
Katniss Everdeen: How did you do that?
Peeta Mellark: I, ah... I used to decorate the cakes down at the bakery.
Katniss Everdeen: Oh.
Peeta Mellark: I'll show you. See?
[He holds

his painted arm against the bark of a tree; the match is perfect]
Katniss Everdeen: Wow.
Peeta Mellark: Yeah.

The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games

Cato: [holding Peeta in a rear-arm choke] Go on! Shoot, then we both go down and you win. Go on. I'm dead anyway. I always was, right? I didn't know that till now. How's that? Is that what they want? Huh?
Peeta Mellark: No...
Cato: I can still do this. I can still do this. One more kill. It's the only thing I know how to do - bring

pride to my district. Not that it matters.

The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games

[the Careers observe Peeta falling off a climbing net during group training]
Katniss Everdeen: Throw that metal thing over there.
Peeta Mellark: What? No. Haymitch said we're not supposed to show our skills...
Katniss Everdeen: I don't care what Haymitch said. Those guys are looking at you like you're a meal. Throw it.

The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games

Effie Trinket: [brightly as she escorts Katniss and Peeta on the journey to their deaths] You two are in for a treat

The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games

Effie Trinket: Here we are - our tributes from District 12!
Effie Trinket: [to Peeta and Katniss] Well, go on, you two. Shake hands.

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Katniss Everdeen: [hearing the door open] I'm really not in the mood for a lecture. I'll apologize to Effie later.
[She turns and sees it's Peeta who's entered the room]
Katniss Everdeen: I thought you were Haymitch.
Peeta Mellark: You don't have to apologize to anybody, including me. I know it's not fair of me to hold you to

things that you said in the games - you saved us, I know that - but I can't go on acting for the cameras and then just ignoring each other in real life; so, if you can stop looking at me like I'm wounded, then I can quit acting like it, and then MAYBE we have a shot at being friends.
Katniss Everdeen: I've never been very good at friends.
Peeta

Mellark: For starters, it does help when you know the person. I hardly know anything about you except that you're stubborn and good with a bow.
Katniss Everdeen: That about sums me up.
Peeta Mellark: No, there's more than that. You just don't want to tell me.