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" I did a show when I was two, but I didn't start acting as a child. I wanted to go to school every day and be with my friends and really have that experience. "
Lily Collins
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" I'm such a believer in going to set, even when you're not working, because I think the best things to be learned, you don't necessarily get from your own scene or from someone speaking to you and telling you advice. I think it's all about watching and just taking it all in. It's not even when the cameras are rolling, necessarily. "
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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 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 believe in the producers at Constantin, and I know that they have a really good taste level when it comes to the creative side. "
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" Growing up in the English countryside, I feel like I'm in a Jane Austen novel when I walk around. I just feel comfortable and confident in those surroundings. "
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" Regarding scripts and projects, I've always been open to reading all sorts of genres and never closing myself off to one, because you never know what you might find. "
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" I love Helena Bonham Carter because every character that she portrays, she's just something completely different. And she has that quirky factor that she just owns. "
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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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Who
Work
" 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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Forever
Know
" I've always loved Jane Austen's writing. "
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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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People
Social Media
" As a little girl living in the English countryside, I used to go running around in the forests, creating my own fairy tale. "
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" 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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" Everything for me has happened so quickly. I finished shooting 'The Blind Side' not this past June, but the June before, and all of sudden up to now, it seems like it's gone from zero to 60 for me. I feel so fortunate to be able to say that. "
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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 was raised by my mom, pretty much, and she just had this very non-judgmental, having no shame about yourself, no regrets, just trusting your gut and your instinct, and treating yourself with respect. "
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" Because my dad was often gone, I never wanted to do anything that would make him stay away even longer. I became extra careful about what I said and how I said it, afraid he'd think I was angry or didn't love him. And the truth is, I was angry. I missed him and wanted him there. "
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