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" I do care a lot about what I wear, but in a way that is about comfort and practicality, and I always want to look like me. "
Maya Hawke
Comfort
Want
Me
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" My parents are actors, and I'm the oldest of my siblings - I have three younger sisters and a brother who's my best friend. We're a close-knit, complicated family, but we spend a lot of time together, even though we live in different houses. We're a rambunctious gang! "
Maya Hawke
Live
Best
Best Friend
" It's really easy as an actor just starting out to get into the mindset that you only get one break. But my parents have shown me that's not true. "
Maya Hawke
Me
You
True
" When you're growing up with a learning disability, it shoots your confidence and belief in what you can accomplish academically; it really damages it. "
Maya Hawke
Growing Up
Learning
You
" The world of celebrity that comes with the world of art is not particularly interesting to me. "
Maya Hawke
Me
Art
Celebrity
" I was diagnosed with dyslexia in third grade and had gone to a special school for it and then left the school. I'd learned to read and write, but it was still a real struggle for me, as it is to this day. "
Maya Hawke
Struggle
Me
Day
" I'm very open-minded. "
Maya Hawke
Very
Open-Minded
" I hate technology and cellphones. I hate having to have one all of the time. I don't tweet or buzz or bing or whatever! It's a conscious thing - I hate the way that it can take over young people's lives. "
Maya Hawke
Time
Young
Technology
" I was given a new coat as a high school graduation gift. "
Maya Hawke
Graduation
High School
School
" I think valuing what your body can do over how your body looks is the No. 1 advice I would give to young women about how to have healthy body image. It's not, 'Do these pants fit?' It's 'Can I do a split?' "
Maya Hawke
Think
Body
Healthy
" I've become a little immune to the gazes of strangers because it's been a part of my life for so long. "
Maya Hawke
My Life
Long
Become
" Style icons always change, and they usually inspire my haircuts more than anything else. "
Maya Hawke
Change
Always
Style
" My family is really supportive. We fight, and we talk, and we lie, and we tell the truth - not usually in that order - and I really enjoy growing with them and fostering that dynamic. "
Maya Hawke
Family
Fight
Lie
" Your whole childhood is just absent of choices. And then you become an adult, and every choice you make, you open some doors and close others. "
Maya Hawke
Doors
You
Choices
" If I changed my name, everyone would have just known that I changed my name. If I had been anonymous, it would have felt pretentious. It would seem like I'm trying to dodge something. I love my family and have such respect for their work, for their career and talents, and I'm very proud to be connected with them. "
Maya Hawke
Respect
Work
Proud
" I really struggled, growing up, with reading and writing. I had a hard time to do that, but I was really passionate about storytelling and about books. "
Maya Hawke
Hard
Writing
Growing Up
" I'm not interested in hiding from the fact that my parents are actors. I'm proud of them! It's very ordinary to pursue a career that your parents do, but when it's in the public eye, it becomes a complicated thing. "
Maya Hawke
Proud
Career
Complicated
" There are things that are hard about coming from a divorced family, but having two houses is not one of those things. "
Maya Hawke
Two
Family
Hard
" Reminding myself that listening is just as important a creative act as thinking is key for me. "
Maya Hawke
Myself
Creative
Thinking
" I'm not particularly interested in my phone. I'm interested in human contact. I think phones have created a certain social incapacity; it's made people socially deficient. "
Maya Hawke
Human
Think
Phones
" I have definitely emulated my mom's style more than anyone's. But that may be mostly to do with how often I steal her clothing. "
Maya Hawke
Style
Steal
More
" In my living room, I was always playing guitar and writing songs and singing them. My dad and I would always sing together - only for friends and family, but always since I was a little girl. "
Maya Hawke
Family
Together
Singing
" It can't be articulated enough, that feminism means the desire to have equality between men and women. I believe that, and I act on those beliefs by going to marches and making a difference where I can. "
Maya Hawke
Women
Believe
Enough
" I have sometimes felt pressure to dress a certain way because of everyone else. You know what I mean? Girls in high school and strangers on the street have put way more pressure on me to dress a certain way than my mom or dad. "
Maya Hawke
Mom
Me
Dress
" I've been sitting at the grown-ups' table my whole life. "
Maya Hawke
Life
Table
Sitting
" I keep a diary because I love this writer, David Sedaris, and he writes a lot about his diary, and he inspired me to keep one. "
Maya Hawke
Because
Diary
Me
" I'm a real nature girl, and I love the Earth. "
Maya Hawke
Love
Nature
Real
" The truth is, I have made very few public appearances, and when I have, my parents have been very careful to allow me to have my own experience. "
Maya Hawke
Me
Truth Is
Truth
" What I learned is you have to be forgiving with yourself. You have to be willing to take your time, and you can't expect things from yourself that you can't deliver. "
Maya Hawke
Expect
Things
Time
" Men should be able to see themselves in female characters and female strength, just as much as women are able to see themselves in male characters. "
Maya Hawke
Women
Men
Just
" I've never been interested in a career in modelling, I was interested in my independence. When I was in school, modelling was what I needed to reach independence without having to leave. "
Maya Hawke
Independence
Career
Reach