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" My dad knows how to tell a story. He'd make me laugh by doing all the different voices. "
Lily Collins
Me
Tell
Different
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" I'm just fascinated by visiting actual castles in the countryside. "
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" When you surprise yourself and you can't remember what the take felt like, then something transformative has happened. "
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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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" 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. "
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" I don't want to acquire whatever 'fame' is. "
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Fame
Acquire
" 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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" 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. "
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" My mom is such a strong, independent, strong-willed woman, and she always taught me to accept my worth for how I viewed myself and female empowerment, and it's okay to be independent and also need someone at the same time. I kinda get to be both. "
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Woman
Time
" 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. "
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Mom
No Regrets
Yourself
" Many of my deepest insecurities stem from my issues with my dad. "
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Stem
Issues
Deepest
" My older siblings and I all work in 'the industry'. So obviously we have hectic schedules, but we make it work. "
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Industry
Make
Hectic
" 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. "
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Growing
Growing Up
Walk
" 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
" To be able to say, 'I'm going to be Snow White' - it's crazy. It's an honor. "
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Snow
Honor
Going
" 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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Mirror
Snow
She
" I love the royal family. I even got up in the middle of the night to watch Kate and William's wedding. And I never miss the Queen's speech on Christmas Day. I feel it's my duty as an English-born woman to watch. "
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Family
Love
Day
" 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. "
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Back
Night
Morning
" Hollywood in the 1930s is an incredible period of history. There are so many amazing stories about the stars and the studios at that time that you can't fit into one film. "
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You
Amazing
Film
" Every day, there is a person following me, taking pictures. It's bizarre because I'm just going to the gym or getting a smoothie. I don't have the time or energy to be constantly put together all the time, but that's real life. "
Lily Collins
Life
Me
Time
" 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. "
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Sunset
Back
Driving
" Social media has allowed me to communicate with girls all over the world. It's always been really important to me that they know I experience the same things that they do and face the same insecurities. "
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Face
World
Experience
" I feel like what Director Bong is so amazing at is taking so many things and presenting them to you - never telling you how to think, but, if you leave the theater thinking something, we've done our jobs right. "
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Feel
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" 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. "
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Wait
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" I think, in life, we want to surround ourselves with people who make us think and question ourselves, and those are the types of films I want to do and the types of characters that I hope I get to continue to play. "
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Play
Life
People
" I've always loved big eyes, like those of Audrey Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor. But my mother didn't allow me to wear make-up until I was 15. "
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Always
Mother
Me
" 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.' "
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Go
Say
Someone
" I loved Jennifer Lawrence's performance in 'Winter's Bone.' "
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Bone
Loved
Performance
" 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. "
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Passion
Parents
Choice
" I've always loved being active, and I used to do sports - basketball, soccer, volleyball - growing up. "
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" 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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