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" I would love to do a British period drama. "
Lily Collins
Period
Would
Love
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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. "
Lily Collins
Doing
Never
Fame
" 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. "
Lily Collins
Now
Behind
World
" 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. "
Lily Collins
People
Emotions
Giving
" I love getting oxygen facials because I travel a lot. My skin gets pretty dry with all the airplanes. "
Lily Collins
Pretty
Travel
Because
" From a young age, I've had a desire to put forward this perfect image, whatever perfect was. "
Lily Collins
Forward
Perfect
Age
" My dad knows how to tell a story. He'd make me laugh by doing all the different voices. "
Lily Collins
Me
Tell
Different
" 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. "
Lily Collins
Believe
Character
Girl
" A lot of people in my generation have dared to ask questions like, 'Who is James Dean?' And I can't imagine asking a question like that, just because it's been ingrained in me since I was so young. "
Lily Collins
Generation
Young
Questions
" 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. "
Lily Collins
Great
Happy
Life
" 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. "
Lily Collins
Time
Small Things
Small
" 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. "
Lily Collins
Weird
Forever
Know
" I'm trying to be the most vibrant version of myself. "
Lily Collins
Myself
Most
Vibrant
" I want to produce and direct and write one day. "
Lily Collins
Want
Write
One Day
" 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. "
Lily Collins
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. "
Lily Collins
Hand
Her
Used
" I've always loved being active, and I used to do sports - basketball, soccer, volleyball - growing up. "
Lily Collins
Basketball
Soccer
Sports
" I was very lucky that my first film, 'The Blind Side,' I worked with Sandra Bullock. "
Lily Collins
Very
Film
Blind
" I grew up being obsessed with old Hollywood and loving the history, what's behind the scenes, and what people don't know. "
Lily Collins
People
History
Hollywood
" At first, I didn't hang out with celebrity kids. That wasn't the way I was brought up. I went to a run-of-the-mill Catholic primary school when we first moved to L.A. But then I went to a high school where there were lots of 'industry' children. Those weren't my best friends and I've never set out to make myself a part of that scene. "
Lily Collins
Best
Myself
School
" 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. "
Lily Collins
Face
World
Experience
" Cate Blanchett. Judi Dench. Helen Mirren. Everything about them. Even their fashion choices. They're so with it and cool and women I admire. They take chances. They're chameleons. Everything that they do. They're also amazing mothers. "
Lily Collins
Fashion
Cool
Amazing
" There's this common perception that having a famous last name is all you need. A surname may get you a meeting, but if there's no talent you won't get the part. "
Lily Collins
Name
Famous
You
" 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
" 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. "
Lily Collins
You
Best
Advice
" I'm constantly surprised by human nature and humanity. And I think that's why I love what I do: because I love to story-tell and bring new characters to life. "
Lily Collins
Love
Think
Nature
" 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. "
Lily Collins
Know
You
Reading
" At a party recently I was introduced to Meryl Streep, and it took me a second to get my head around it. You know, that I'm meeting these people now. I'm doing it. "
Lily Collins
Meeting
Me
Know
" My older siblings and I all work in 'the industry'. So obviously we have hectic schedules, but we make it work. "
Lily Collins
Industry
Make
Hectic
" I had some difficult times when I first moved to Los Angeles when people would tell me I was saying things wrong. I felt different although my mum kept reminding me it was OK to be different. "
Lily Collins
Me
People
Be Different
" I didn't want to have people open doors for me. My dad never made a call on my behalf to anyone - not to a producer, a director, or a casting agent. "
Lily Collins
Me
Want
People