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" I'm drawn to roles that have real substance, that aren't just the victim or the teenage girl or the girlfriend. "
Lily Collins
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Girl
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" It's really important to stand up for yourself and not always agree with what people say if indeed you don't feel that that's true. "
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" I sing some songs but don't expect me to release an album anytime soon. "
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" Not many people know my father was an actor. He was the Artful Dodger in 'Oliver!,' and was in a film called 'Frauds,' too. It's interesting talking to him about acting, how much you can get turned down, and how not to take that as a discouragement. It's nice to have that element to relate to for us both. "
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" 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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" I grew up being obsessed with old Hollywood and loving the history, what's behind the scenes, and what people don't know. "
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" I've always been a huge admirer and lover of Alexander McQueen, Alexander Wang. I love so many British designers like Stella McCartney. "
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" When I went through my eating disorder, I never sought medical assistance. I created myths in my head about how I should get through things, so the idea that I could surround myself with truth and feel comfortable enough to speak mine allowed me to breathe. "
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" I don't like reading things that people say on the Internet because I know so much of it is not true. I don't want to waste my time worrying about what other people are thinking. I just want to focus on being able to do cool projects. "
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" I graduated high school, and I always wanted to go to college, but I also really wanted to work at a young age. At 18, I was pitching talk show ideas to different networks. I was a journalist. "
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" My dad knows how to tell a story. He'd make me laugh by doing all the different voices. "
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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 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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" 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. "
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Amazing
" But the thing is, I was never looking at a strategic way of gaining fame. That's not why I'm doing this. "
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Doing
Never
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" Hollywood is such a fickle place, and you really have to go day to day and with the flow. Things happen so quickly, for the good or the bad. But you also have to know that everything happens for a reason. "
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" I'm in a relationship with myself. I think a lot of young girls should do that. "
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" A lot of my friends aren't working, especially since fewer films are being made now and there's more competition. "
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" Never once does 'Snow White' herself look in the mirror so she isn't aware of her beauty or what apparently that does to people. It's really just the queen and the prince that talk about it. "
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" As a fan of reading - I've always loved reading - I just love reading books that take me away for a little while and let me disappear. And that's why I loved 'Harry Potter' growing up. "
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" I was very lucky that my first film, 'The Blind Side,' I worked with Sandra Bullock. "
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" I've always loved being active, and I used to do sports - basketball, soccer, volleyball - growing up. "
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" I'm just fascinated by visiting actual castles in the countryside. "
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" I love Charlotte Olympia and Sophia Webster shoes best - they're like art for the feet. "
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" I love getting oxygen facials because I travel a lot. My skin gets pretty dry with all the airplanes. "
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" I'd love to dive into a comedy. "
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" I've grown up knowing that you put as much of your private life out there as you feel comfortable with. "
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" The journalist in me always loved relating and socialising and connecting with people, but there came a point where I needed to make a decision to stop that being my focus and really focus on acting - an audience are only really going to believe me as a character to an extent if they don't know me as Lily that well. "
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" I grew up understanding the pros and cons of what you're getting into and knowing what comes with your job. I like to keep my private life private, and then work is work. I feel so far I've had a really good balance with that. "
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Job
" I really, really love Lucy Hale. "
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" 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. "
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Me
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People