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" Acting is fun and I refuse to get involved in the semantics and the politics of strategy and breaking out of something or doing something because you need to do something else. For me it's all about what fuels my soul and if I'm passionate about a screenplay then that's what I'll do next. "
Strategy
Politics
Soul
" Alcohol is a big part of high school. I went through my little phase. I don't know one high schooler that doesn't. "
Know
High
High School
" A quarter of my life has been spent on 'Secret Life.' I'm 20 and I've been doing it for five years, so I think the best moments have been when all the cast members get to work together and we get to collaborate and share experiences. We all grew up together. "
Together
Work
Think
" Every family is dysfunctional, whether you want to admit it or not. "
Dysfunctional
You
Want
" Everyone today is like, 'Shailene, you're getting so much buzz. How does the feel?' It's the most odd question because it's like asking a kid who got into Cornell how it feels to be the top of your class at one of the Ivy League schools. How do you answer that? You just go, 'I don't know.' "
Kid
Know
Today
" Every single journey that I've embarked on, I've learned something new. "
Learned
Something
Single
" For me, acting is about the art of it and it's about being on a film set and doing your thing, painting a blank canvas. "
Doing
Painting
Me
" For me acting is a passion and an art, and always will only be that. I don't have any rules when it comes to acting. I'll do anything. But it depends on the script. Either I'll have passion for the project or I won't. It's got to fuel me. "
Art
Passion
Always
" For me, my rule in this industry is I've got to listen to my butterflies. So if I got butterflies, then those are the scripts I go after. "
Listen
Got
Me
" George Clooney is a super-human, he's just such an amazing human being, he taught me how to be a better person and a better actor! "
Just
Me
Amazing
" George Clooney sort of lost his 'George Clooney-ness' the first day I met him. He's not George Clooney in my eyes - he's George from Kentucky with an awesome, awesome heart. "
Heart
Eyes
Day
" I'd like to be like a hummingbird. You see them every now and then. You don't see them everywhere. "
Now And Then
You
Like
" I feel like a turtleneck dress that's long-sleeved and covers your entire body but is tight fitting is so much sexier than boobs spilling out, you know? So I guess I'm more into being classy sexy versus apparent sexy. "
Know
Sexy
You
" I had never been to Hawaii, and now I say that my body is from L.A. but my heart is from Hawaii, because I'm in love with it and it's home on every level, from a spiritual, soulful place. "
Love
Heart
Body
" I like to think of myself as a fairly educated human being, but I'm a very uneducated actor when it comes to movies, directors, producers, actors for that matter. "
Educated
Think
Myself
" I love arguing. I always say that I'll never win a physical battle, but I can always win a mental battle. I mean, not really, because I never really argue with anyone. "
Always
Battle
I Can
" I'm already the most fortunate girl in the world, so I have zero expectations for what the future will bring. "
Will
Future
Expectations
" I'm always like 'I'm too skinny, I can't gain weight, even when I try.' I'd like to try to not let that get to me. "
Me
Try
Skinny
" I'm not really fond of the trails left in the sky and a lot of chemicals that are being pumped through factories and even in the clothes we wear. "
Wear
Through
Sky
" I really respond to human scripts, scripts that are raw and real and risky. I love playing scary characters - not horror film scary, but vulnerable scary. "
Love
Scary
Human
" I think every teenager goes through their angst. People who are like, 'No, I had a perfect adolescence,' make me wonder how that is possible. "
Me
Wonder
People
" I think the most important thing in life is self-love, because if you don't have self-love, and respect for everything about your own body, your own soul, your own capsule, then how can you have an authentic relationship with anyone else? "
Soul
Respect
Think
" I think there is a point in every teenager's life where they are forced to come into themselves. "
Where
Life
I Think
" I think there's a lot of work to be done with our societies. My biggest passions are the environment and health. And when I say 'health' I mean the secrets behind health and our food system. "
Work
Environment
Think
" I think you get the most honest performances when an actor shows up to set with their lines memorized. That's a very important thing that a lot of people seem to forget. You have a pre-conceived notion of what you want the scene to be, but once you get there, that goes out the window and it turns out to be a way that you never imagined. "
People
You
Think
" I was always the frugal kid growing up because I was saving for college. Or I was always that kid that was like, 'I'm going to save my babysitting money so I can eat an expensive dinner when I go to Europe.' "
College
Money
Growing Up
" I went to public school my whole life, graduated high school with my class. Growing up, I'd go to an audition, my friends would go to soccer practice and we'd all reconvene and hang out in our neighborhood. When I would book something, I would never tell my friends. Acting was just fun. I was a kid, I wasn't jaded. "
Practice
Book
Fun
" I would like to do something dark or small. I love independent films. I love emotional scenes. I love people who are struggling with something. I think it's just the juxtaposition to my incredibly happy, positive demeanor. "
Positive
Think
Happy
" I would love to act for the rest of my life, but I also know that it could be taken away in a day. It's something I've always loved, but it's nothing I've ever revolved my entire life around. I have many other passions as well. "
Love
Loved
My Life
" My favorite movies are movies that I go in and I leave deeply affected. Whether I laugh really hard or whether I cry really hard, I just want to feel really affected in that moment. "
Laugh
Want
Movies
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