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" I'm very British at heart. When I come to England, I say I'm coming home, and then it's funny: when I leave England to go back to L.A., I also say I'm going back home. "

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" 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

" I was actually the one who decided to move to LA. Mom and I were driving on Sunset Boulevard during one of our trips back to see her family, and I said, 'Can we just stay?' So we did. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" When you surprise yourself and you can't remember what the take felt like, then something transformative has happened. "

Lily Collins

Yourself

You

" I've always loved writing. "

" 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. "

Lily Collins

Character

People

" 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. "

" Art is an amazing form of being able to share our experiences and tell stories and hopefully relate to other people, but you don't know how everyone else is always going to react to what you put out there. "

" 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. "

Lily Collins

Blind

Feel

" I like acting impulsively, but I'm also extremely thoughtful about what I do. So, it's not like someone would say 'Don't do something,' and I'd automatically go, 'I'm gonna do it anyway.' "

Lily Collins

Say

Someone

" To play someone I loved in my favourite fairytale as a kid is a total honour. "

" Morning or night, I love putting mint or spearmint oil on my temples and the back of my neck. There's this aromatherapy quality of both easing tension and waking you up. "

" Even in L.A., where everyone's in yoga pants, I've never been the girl to run around in sweats. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I've grown up seeing the pros and cons but I love it and I've always wanted to act. Throughout all the rejections at auditions, and especially when I finally did get something, both my parents have been so supportive and always told me it is all about passion and, if I was doing it because I love it, there's no wrong choice. "

" I sing some songs but don't expect me to release an album anytime soon. "

Lily Collins

Some

Release

" 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. "

Lily Collins

Reading

Loved

" From a young age, I've had a desire to put forward this perfect image, whatever perfect was. "

" A lot of my friends aren't working, especially since fewer films are being made now and there's more competition. "

" I've always been weirdly interested in food documentaries. "

" I remember the first scene I shot on 'The Blind Side.' I was with Sandra Bullock, and I kept trying to stop myself thinking, 'Oh my God, I can't believe I'm in a movie with her.' "

" Entertainment is a great form of being able to tell a story and to spread a message. "

" It's great when improv is encouraged. It's a really fun thing. It depends on who's in the movie and how their process works as well. It takes a director who is open to that because you have a script, but then something funny could happen on set. "

" I'm just fascinated by visiting actual castles in the countryside. "

" My last name may have opened doors, but I have to keep them open. "

" I've been so fortunate to work with so many successful women who are moms as well. "

" I love getting oxygen facials because I travel a lot. My skin gets pretty dry with all the airplanes. "

" I've always loved being active, and I used to do sports - basketball, soccer, volleyball - growing up. "