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" A lot of my friends aren't working, especially since fewer films are being made now and there's more competition. "
Lily Collins
Friends
Working
Now
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" It used to bother me - having bigger, fuller brows. I even plucked them once so I'd fit in, but I hated them and couldn't wait for them to grow back. Now I embrace them. I realized the quirky things that make you different are what make you beautiful. "
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You
" It's great when improv is encouraged. It's a really fun thing. It depends on who's in the movie and how their process works as well. It takes a director who is open to that because you have a script, but then something funny could happen on set. "
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" To play someone I loved in my favourite fairytale as a kid is a total honour. "
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" I've only ever known growing up across different countries - to me it's just fun. "
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" I've never acted fully impulsively. I think with my mind and my heart. "
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" I remember the screen test for 'Gossip Girl' was on the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank. I was about 17 or 18 years old at the time. I remember driving onto the lot and going, 'Oh my God. This is surreal.' "
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" I don't know if this is too weird to say, but this is completely surreal for me. Bizarre. The cover of 'Teen Vogue' has been on my bucket list forever. "
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Know
" I've always been a firm believer that you don't have to close one door in order to open another. "
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Always
Open
" I couldn't handle the pain and confusion surrounding my dad's divorce, and I was having a hard time balancing being a teenager with pursuing two different grown-up careers. "
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Confusion
Time
" My parents read me fairy tales every night and I used to believe I was a fairytale princess, like every young girl. I had all the Disney dressing-up costumes and would play every character. "
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" I really think everything happens for a reason. "
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Everything
Happens
Think
" I don't want to acquire whatever 'fame' is. "
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Whatever
Fame
Acquire
" As a fan of reading - I've always loved reading - I just love reading books that take me away for a little while and let me disappear. And that's why I loved 'Harry Potter' growing up. "
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Reading
Me
Loved
" I love Charlotte Olympia and Sophia Webster shoes best - they're like art for the feet. "
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Best
Shoes
Love
" There's so many stories to tell in Hollywood in the Golden Age that stems from truth. "
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Tell
Hollywood
Truth
" I rarely, rarely - unless it's a big red carpet - wear all one designer. "
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Red
Wear
Red Carpet
" I love to write down things I notice about people or things I've overheard people saying that are interesting. I love people-watching, and I love taking the time to notice the small things. "
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Time
Small Things
Small
" I have amazing memories of being able to travel and being able to have family all over the world. "
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Memories
Amazing
World
" No, I like to wear as least amount of makeup as I can during my everyday life because I'm just all about keeping my skin healthy and hydrated and I love to laugh and have a great time and smile - that's when I feel the most pretty so I just want to make sure that I stay happy. "
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Great
Happy
Life
" I like acting impulsively, but I'm also extremely thoughtful about what I do. So, it's not like someone would say 'Don't do something,' and I'd automatically go, 'I'm gonna do it anyway.' "
Lily Collins
Go
Say
Someone
" The less you have on your face, the less there is to go wrong. "
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Your
Wrong
You
" I'm drawn to roles that have real substance, that aren't just the victim or the teenage girl or the girlfriend. "
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Victim
Girl
Girlfriend
" Even in L.A., where everyone's in yoga pants, I've never been the girl to run around in sweats. "
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Girl
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" I just want to start conversations. I want to do films that prompt conversations - whether that is positive, negative, indifferent - just ones that you leave the theater wanting to know more, wanting to watch the film over and over again. "
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Negative
Positive
Start
" During the day, I'm constantly reapplying hand cream. My grandma used to do it all the time, so maybe I got it from her. "
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Hand
Her
Used
" Every day, there is a person following me, taking pictures. It's bizarre because I'm just going to the gym or getting a smoothie. I don't have the time or energy to be constantly put together all the time, but that's real life. "
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Life
Me
Time
" I was actually the one who decided to move to LA. Mom and I were driving on Sunset Boulevard during one of our trips back to see her family, and I said, 'Can we just stay?' So we did. "
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Sunset
Back
Driving
" I've always loved big eyes, like those of Audrey Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor. But my mother didn't allow me to wear make-up until I was 15. "
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Always
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Me
" Many of my deepest insecurities stem from my issues with my dad. "
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Stem
Issues
Deepest
" Hollywood is such a fickle place, and you really have to go day to day and with the flow. Things happen so quickly, for the good or the bad. But you also have to know that everything happens for a reason. "
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Flow