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" I definitely don't have a problem doing sex scenes, but I tend to like to do things that initially make me feel a bit nervous. I don't think you can really grow at any job unless you do things that freak you out. "

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" When it comes to performance, I don't like to prepare at all if I don't have to. "

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Performance

" Sometimes I'll make face masks at home, and it's fun. I love that. I've been doing it since I was a teenager. "

" I do think we need heroes. It gives people hope and an example to follow. "

" It's hard when you play something that people are like, 'Wow that's really cool - you just did something really epic,' because you're not always going to be playing epic characters in a role. "

" I think acting is a fun thing because you get to have so many lifetimes in one lifetime, being all these different people. "

" I'm not shy. I'm quiet. With my close friends. I talk a lot. But if I'm at a big dinner, I'm not gonna walk in and go introduce myself to everybody. "

" I'm in New York a lot. And every time I'm in New York, I'm out every night - it's a bit much. After a week, I'm ready to go home. "

" I don't know why modeling worked for me, because I'm short. But I liked it because it let me buy my own furniture. "

" What I had heard about TV is that it's very rigid - that you have to hit your mark, look a certain way, do certain things, that there is no freedom artistically - and that's my worst nightmare. I don't work well in rigid environments. "

" People are judgmental about sex, but everyone has their own moral code. So unless you are hurting people, who are we to say what's right? "

" Life changes so quickly. feeling grateful to be around such wonderful people to strengthen and grow with. "

" It's kind of my biggest fear: thinking I know somebody I'm going to be, and then I don't. It's probably only happened to me once or twice, but that was enough for me to definitely not do a role unless I 100% can be that person. "

Riley Keough

Thinking

Know

" You play to different parts of yourself when you take on various roles. Like, you are your confident self when you're playing this person, and you're your sad self when playing another person - but it's all a part of you somewhere. "

" Music is my favorite thing in the world. I grew up completely around it and I think it's one of the most important things to me, but at this point I can't see myself doing that professionally. Luckily, for the most part, I don't feel pressured. "

" People are afraid to show women with demons. But I think it's important for women to see flawed female characters. We're held to a perfect standard, but every woman is flawed. "

" I think it's ridiculous when a character wakes up in the morning with lipstick and foundation and contour and fake eyelashes and hair done. "

" I still want to direct. That's my main love, and that comes from being obsessed with subtleties and people. "

" Honestly, my idea of a fun night out is something like being in the middle of America in a pickup truck with a few friends. "

" I was always interested in having my own money - not my family's money. I don't think it had anything to do with me being Elvis's granddaughter. None of my drive was, 'I need to get away from my family legacy!' "

" Everyone enjoys music and film. It just makes people happy or makes them feel things. We're not saving peoples' lives, but if we are entertaining them, that's as much as I can contribute in this life. "

" I don't spend money on the lavish life, but I spend on excessive green juices. "

" A lot of the time, unfortunately for women, there's not a lot of complex roles. I don't mean complex like tortured or whatever. I mean complex like there's more going on with them than, 'I'm a mom.' "

" If I'm filming, and I have a day off, I'll just sit at home, read, take baths, chill out, and not go anywhere. "

" I got lucky with 'The Girlfriend Experience' in the sense that it was one season and was meant to be that way. When I signed on, they told me that every season is going to be a different girl. I was like, 'Sweet. If I hate it, then I'm out.' "

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Sweet

" I cannot and will not play something if I still have questions. I feel like I am being fraudulent. "

" In major studio scripts, the girls are very similar. They're all witty and hot. I'm more of an oddball. "

" I think I should have been an aesthetician, honestly. "

" I'm not snobby about my movies; I just love all films. "

" There have been so many times when I'm sitting next to someone, and I have no idea who they are. I'm not very up to date on pop culture, and I'm sure I've offended people by being like, 'Oh, what do you do?' "