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" I've grown up being obsessed by 'Harry Potter.' "
Lily Collins
Being
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Grown
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" 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. "
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You
Funny
Fun
" I've always loved Jane Austen's writing. "
Lily Collins
Loved
Always
Jane
" 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. "
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Generation
Young
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" 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. "
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Creative
Know
Believe
" My mom brought me up on old Hollywood. I had been living in Los Angeles, respecting old movies and growing up with people that were icons that I got to speak to. "
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Me
Growing Up
People
" 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. "
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Love
Think
Nature
" I'm drawn to roles that have real substance, that aren't just the victim or the teenage girl or the girlfriend. "
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Victim
Girl
Girlfriend
" 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
" To play someone I loved in my favourite fairytale as a kid is a total honour. "
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Someone
Total
Kid
" Growing up in the English countryside, I feel like I'm in a Jane Austen novel when I walk around. I just feel comfortable and confident in those surroundings. "
Lily Collins
Growing
Growing Up
Walk
" My advice for girls who are waiting for their Prince Charming is to be open for anything. Be open to new experiences, be open to the idea that it may take longer than you want, but if you're open to meeting new people and new adventures, then love will come along. "
Lily Collins
Waiting
People
Love
" It used to bother me - having bigger, fuller brows. I even plucked them once so I'd fit in, but I hated them and couldn't wait for them to grow back. Now I embrace them. I realized the quirky things that make you different are what make you beautiful. "
Lily Collins
Wait
Me
You
" 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 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.' "
Lily Collins
Girl
Time
Test
" 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 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
" 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. "
Lily Collins
Mirror
Snow
She
" 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. "
Lily Collins
Passion
Parents
Choice
" Even in L.A., where everyone's in yoga pants, I've never been the girl to run around in sweats. "
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Where
Girl
Run
" My mother used to take me to flea markets in my stroller, and I would just rummage through the piles. You've got to dig through the overstuffed racks that everyone else just walks by. It's the only way to find the cool stuff. "
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Me
Mother
Way
" 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. "
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You
Best
Advice
" When it comes to the work, I'm excited to see what people think. When it comes to the private life, that's when I don't pay attention. "
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Life
Work
Think
" I love mixing in high street stuff and vintage. "
Lily Collins
Love
Street
Vintage
" I remember lying in bed one night when I was 15 and deciding I was ready to go into acting properly. I'd put it off until then because I didn't feel I was ready to handle the rejections. "
Lily Collins
Remember
Night
Lying
" 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
Want
People
" I was raised by my mom, pretty much, and she just had this very non-judgmental, having no shame about yourself, no regrets, just trusting your gut and your instinct, and treating yourself with respect. "
Lily Collins
Mom
No Regrets
Yourself
" I think it's just important to not judge people based on their physicality because it's really about personality and people's hearts and souls. That's what drew me to Audrey Hepburn who is kind of like my icon. "
Lily Collins
Judge
Personality
Me
" 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. "
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She
Character
Different
" I'm a huge fan of the series of books by Cassandra Clare, 'The Mortal Instruments.' "
Lily Collins
Mortal
Huge Fan
Huge
" I'm in a relationship with myself. I think a lot of young girls should do that. "
Lily Collins
Young
Lot
Myself