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" More than anything, acting helped me discover who I'm not. I've learned that I'm a girly girl, but not a prissy girl. "
Debby Ryan
Anything
Girl
Acting
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" Hi. My name is Debby, and I am a storyteller. I don't think of myself as an actress. I am more like a face that takes words on a page, and puts them in front of your eyes. "
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" I'm definitely careful. I'm not reckless or stupid, but that's how I was raised, to not be stupid or immature in as far as trying to grow up too quickly or putting forward a certain image that isn't me. "
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" Think new thoughts. Grab life with both hands, take opportunities you have, & create the ones you need. "
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" Any mature, responsible adult doesn't run around stomping their feet and screaming 'I'm a mature, responsible, adult.' "
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" Look at what you want to change, gather a few people who believe in it like you do, and start moving forward. It's important to remember that you don't always need a destination. Sometimes, you just have to make forward motion. And you absolutely can. "
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" I'm different, and I'm not afraid to be different. "
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Afraid
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" I believe that people start to get into trouble when they start to believe their own hype. "
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Believe
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" You can't force music; It just has to come to you. "
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Music
Just
" I'm not making music for people who like Disney shows. I make music for people who like music. "
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Making
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" I went to school on a military base in Germany. I got a lot of my clothes at the army surplus store. "
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School
Clothes
Army
" I wouldn't do the music thing if it weren't for my brother, who's a producer. He understands me and helps my vision come to life. "
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Me
Brother
Come
" Before the whole Disney realm had undergone this huge revamping, as a kid, I always saw myself doing these dramatic indie parts. And then I fell in love with doing comedy and doing kid shows and really working for kids. "
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Myself
Love
Kid
" I work with kids, and I see certain things, so I realize now why my mother was so horrified and overprotective of everything that I watched. "
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Realize
Why
Work
" I think what's great about your community is that it's different than anyone else's. Look around. What do you want to change? What needs to be built, or what's valuable and needs to be maintained? Is it the people? Local animals? Your parks or gardens? Hospitals? "
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Great
Change
Think
" I think there's something charming about incorporating summer clothes into winter, like pairing a summery skirt with a massive sweater. I'm also really into layering during the winter! "
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Summer
Clothes
Winter
" All of the awards, applause, Twitter followers, shoes, it will all go away eventually. But if I can leave the world slightly more hopeful, inspired, and more healed than when I arrived, I did my job. "
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Leave
Awards
I Can
" I went through a few phases of finding myself: I dabbled in musical theater, chess club, dance troupe, splatter-painting, school mascot (go Wildcats), babysitter, photojournalist, drill team girl, emo kid - and not one of them defined me, but every single one will always play a part in who I am. "
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Dance
I Am
School
" I didn't grow up in one place, so I never had a certain mentality. I have some aspects of growing up in Texas, but I also have a lot of East Coast family. I would have loved to grow up on the East Coast. "
Debby Ryan
Growing Up
Family
Place
" Acting and the industry of making movies is beautiful, but it's so exhausting and such hard work; if you don't absolutely 100% want to do something, it defeats the purpose. "
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Purpose
Hard Work
Beautiful
" Music is such an intensely personal thing for me, and I knew if I was going to do it, it would be in my own way. "
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Way
Me
Own
" I'm very, very low-key in general. "
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General
Very
Low-Key
" I'm very practical and realistic. "
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Realistic
Very
Practical
" Don't be afraid of your own power. "
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Afraid
Your
Power
" I grew up moving around. I went to seven different schools, so I know what it's like to be that new girl and have to not only know who you are but also take that into foreign circumstances and know how to respond. "
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Know
Circumstances
You
" I was raised to volunteer: nursing homes, clinics, church nurseries, school, everywhere that could use help. It's such an intrinsic part of me, to use my life to help improve the quality of others. "
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School
Help
Quality
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New
Chic
" I remember going to acting class, so certain that no one's ever going to know my name. "
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Class
Acting
Remember
" The easiest way to not believe your own hype is to not know what people are saying about you. "
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Believe
Own
People
" I never wash my hair the night before an event - I call it second day hair, and it holds better. "
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Hair
Never
Better
" I want people to know that I won't just assume that people will like my music. "
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Know
Will
Want