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" From a young age, I've had a desire to put forward this perfect image, whatever perfect was. "
Lily Collins
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" 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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" To play someone I loved in my favourite fairytale as a kid is a total honour. "
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" I find that I'm really attracted to mysterious creatives, and I love people that are able to put their emotions out there for not just the world to see, but just that are giving of their emotions, but a little bit mysterious and elusive as well. "
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" Not many people know my father was an actor. He was the Artful Dodger in 'Oliver!,' and was in a film called 'Frauds,' too. It's interesting talking to him about acting, how much you can get turned down, and how not to take that as a discouragement. It's nice to have that element to relate to for us both. "
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" 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.' "
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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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" I love mixing in high street stuff and vintage. "
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" I've been so fortunate to work with so many successful women who are moms as well. "
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" My mother used to take me to flea markets in my stroller, and I would just rummage through the piles. You've got to dig through the overstuffed racks that everyone else just walks by. It's the only way to find the cool stuff. "
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" I've grown up knowing that you put as much of your private life out there as you feel comfortable with. "
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" I think we all want to fit in at a young age. "
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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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" I love getting oxygen facials because I travel a lot. My skin gets pretty dry with all the airplanes. "
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" Many of my deepest insecurities stem from my issues with my dad. "
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" I think it's important to figure out you and to have fun and to be dating and to figure out what you like and what you don't like. It's what growing up is all about. "
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" I think, in life, we want to surround ourselves with people who make us think and question ourselves, and those are the types of films I want to do and the types of characters that I hope I get to continue to play. "
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" I've only ever known growing up across different countries - to me it's just fun. "
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" Social media has allowed me to communicate with girls all over the world. It's always been really important to me that they know I experience the same things that they do and face the same insecurities. "
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" Makeup, in general, is amazing. "
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" 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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" I think I've been brought up very well by both my parents. I am very cautious and I think I'm now fit for the world I'm in. They're very much behind my modelling and very supportive. "
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" I really, really love Lucy Hale. "
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" I graduated high school, and I always wanted to go to college, but I also really wanted to work at a young age. At 18, I was pitching talk show ideas to different networks. I was a journalist. "
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" When it comes to the work, I'm excited to see what people think. When it comes to the private life, that's when I don't pay attention. "
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" Art is an amazing form of being able to share our experiences and tell stories and hopefully relate to other people, but you don't know how everyone else is always going to react to what you put out there. "
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" I'm a huge fan of the series of books by Cassandra Clare, 'The Mortal Instruments.' "
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" Never once does 'Snow White' herself look in the mirror so she isn't aware of her beauty or what apparently that does to people. It's really just the queen and the prince that talk about it. "
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" I grew up being obsessed with old Hollywood and loving the history, what's behind the scenes, and what people don't know. "
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" But the thing is, I was never looking at a strategic way of gaining fame. That's not why I'm doing this. "
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" So much has changed since the '70s and '80s when it comes to acting and being in the public eye. We'd go out to a restaurant, and there would be five or six people. Now there's a lot more, plus social media, and this desire to bring other people down. "
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