diff --git a/django/db/models/fields/__init__.py b/django/db/models/fields/__init__.py
index f4f3170..c6cf279 100644
--- a/django/db/models/fields/__init__.py
+++ b/django/db/models/fields/__init__.py
@@ -2371,20 +2371,18 @@ class UUIDField(Field):
         if value is None:
             return None
         if not isinstance(value, uuid.UUID):
-            try:
-                value = uuid.UUID(value)
-            except AttributeError:
-                raise TypeError(self.error_messages['invalid'] % {'value': value})
+            value = self.to_python(value)
 
         if connection.features.has_native_uuid_field:
             return value
+
         return value.hex
 
     def to_python(self, value):
-        if value and not isinstance(value, uuid.UUID):
+        if not isinstance(value, uuid.UUID):
             try:
                 return uuid.UUID(value)
-            except ValueError:
+            except (AttributeError, ValueError):
                 raise exceptions.ValidationError(
                     self.error_messages['invalid'],
                     code='invalid',