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" I'm an actor. I have to play weird characters, quirky characters, strange characters, sometimes characters I don't understand. "
Keke Palmer
Strange
Weird
Sometimes
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" I love watching YouTube makeup tutorials of girls who are so brave and show others how to blend in foundation on blemish-prone skin. I've considered creating my own YouTube tutorial for other girls just to show that everyone has these problems. "
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Problems
Own
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" I decided to not be so dismissive of my music in favor of my acting. Acting has been such a consistent thing for me; a lot of times in the past, I wouldn't have had the confidence with my music to really make it a part of my schedule. I would easily push it to the side, or I would easily take up time that was needed for it. "
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" I love my bubble skirt. I wear it with a belt and my shirt tucked in. Just like a t-shirt from Nordstrom's or something. And I wear this navy blue blazer with the sleeves crushed up. And I just feel like I'm such a cool girl when I walk out. I feel like, 'Yeah I'm cool, like a model.' "
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Blue
Navy
Love
" Urban Outfitters - I love it. It's almost like Forever 21, but for, like, the 24- to 25-year-old girl, getting a little bit older. "
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Urban
Forever
" I believe your reality is what you make it, what you choose to see, and what you choose to allow yourself to do. There are possibilities all around you - magic all around you - no matter what situation you're in. "
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Magic
Reality
Yourself
" Don't depend on a guy for your happiness. You have to live your own life and do your own thing. That's when good things come around - when you do your own thing and you're not worried about a man. It will happen in due time. "
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Man
Time
Good
" Working with Ice Cube was so tight. He's cool, and I really like how he does family stuff. My guy friends couldn't believe I was chillin' with him. Dudes love Ice Cube. "
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Believe
Friends
Family
" I love Instagram! I like LaLa Anthony and Rihanna's photos. They always have great photos. "
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Always
Love
Like
" I grew up in Chicago, but when I was 12, I came to New York because I was doing an episode of 'Law & Order.' "
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Law
Chicago
Up
" We're all weirdos, and people want to work so hard to fit into society, but it's like, no matter what you do, you're never going to be what society depicts as what's perfect, because that's not real. The only point that you have to make is that 'I'm being me.' "
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People
Perfect
Me
" I'm definitely a perfectionist. I started entertaining so young. I think, naturally, my personality is that of a perfectionist, and then on top of that, growing up in the industry, I became very objective and analytical of myself early on, and I find myself doing that in everything. "
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Personality
Myself
Growing Up
" Comedians like to see people smile. With acting, I love giving people a feeling, an emotion. I like to give people a feeling. When they come away from my scene, I want them to think. "
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Think
Giving
People
" I really look up to Will Smith. He's internationally known, and people know him from everything. I don't know any kid who hasn't seen and liked Fresh Prince, or you'll like one of his movies or his music. He's perfect, and he's done everything. That's my dream: to be internationally known. "
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Know
Music
People
" My father's a deacon, my mother's a choir director, so I grew up in the church and singing in the choir, begging my mom if I could have a solo. "
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Church
Mom
Mother
" Even though I'm in the industry and I act and all this stuff, I still suffer from self-esteem issues... from the way that I look or the way that I talk... just nitpicking at myself. "
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Look
Self-Esteem
Talk
" There's not always going to be something out there for you, especially not a positive role, so once you get up there and start being well known, you can't just think projects will come to you. You have to start doing your own projects because if you don't, you'll miss out, and eventually your fame will be over. "
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You
Doing
Fame
" I definitely want to play someone who's inspired me. I would love to play Aaliyah; it would be personal because I love her so much. "
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Play
Personal
Want
" People that want to be in the tabloids will get into the tabloids. I just stay home and don't go out much. My personality is not an introvert, but that's how I am as far as going out to parties. I just stay in my house and hang out with friends. "
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I Am
People
Personality
" I love clothes! I shop everywhere, but I like Urban Outfitters, Forever 21, Nordstrom, and Neiman Marcus. It's a wide range. I'm from California, and I love the Pasadena Flea Market. "
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Like
California
Clothes
" I mix my lipsticks a lot. Depending on how I decide to do my eyes, I'll decide to do my lips. I've never really loved wearing only red or purple, and sometimes just pink isn't enough. "
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Eyes
Red
Pink
" Real faith is when you believe in something that you can't see. When things are going really bad and you can still get up and say I believe that they're gonna get better, that there's a higher lesson to what I'm going through. It can be hard sometimes, and to turn it around like that, that's true faith. "
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Faith
Believe
True
" I'm working on a movie called 'Virgin Mary' with Abigail Breslin. I'm also in 'Ice Age 4: Continental Drift.' And I have a television movie coming on Nickelodeon that I worked on with Nick Cannon. I acted in it, but I am more excited about being a producer! "
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More
Television
Working
" I don't belong to anyone else but myself. I have to make my own decisions. Happiness is defined by me. "
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Me
Myself
My Own
" It's hard being a Broadway actor going into film where you have to tone everything down. In theater, everything you're taught is to be big and broad and make everyone feel like they are right next to you, even in the last row of seats. "
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You
Down
Everyone
" I think you can do anything you put your mind to. I think your mind is the worst thing you can use as a reason to not do something. "
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Your
Mind
Reason
" As a child actor, you experience a lot of depression and anxiety... Yes, I went through depression, and it was not comfortable. Yes, I struggle with anxiety and being paranoid, trying to figure out who I am. "
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Struggle
Depression
Experience
" If you focus more on the inside, you'll feel just as great about the outside. I feel attractive when I'm doing good and helping people. "
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Focus
Great
People
" There've been times where, like when I auditioned for 'Akeelah,' I think in the first audition I was a little bit afraid because it was, you know, I had seen girls in there that I had seen on TV before, and I was like, 'Man, I might as well just walk out of here now because I'm just a newcomer,' and this and that. "
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" I think people should have fun. And don't get so down on yourself. Enjoy life and be the best person you can be. "
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Yourself
Best
Enjoy Life