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" My parents always knew that I wanted to act, so it didn't really come as a big surprise. The only thing they told me was that I had to wait until I was 18 so I could get my education out of the way first. "

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" When I was growing up, I had a nanny who would always play 'The Sound of Music' and 'Bye Bye Birdie,' so I was always listening to that stuff. "

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" My sisters are my best friends and such incredible women. "

" When you grow up with parents that are known worldwide and having so much attention from media and all of the tabloid magazines, it's really tough. "

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" Everybody is going to have an opinion on you; not everyone is going to like you. You can't live your life based on other people's opinions of you or let that change what you do or how you feel about yourself, because then you're not living. "

" When I was a teenager, I was super-awkward. I don't think I really felt comfortable in my body or with how I looked, and people were nasty. "

" People would say I looked like a man or something called a 'buttaface', which means everything good but her face, or 'potato head' was the big term that everyone used a lot, basically making fun of the way I looked. "

" I have an inner drag queen. Or rather, I feel like I was a drag queen in a past life. "

" Love is the only unifier in the world. We've all felt exactly the same way. It'll make you crazy, and it'll make you ecstatic, and that's true for everyone. "

" The deepest gift you can learn in life is about self-love, and that's not going to happen overnight. "

" My dad says I was an extra in 'Die Hard.' I think it's true. "

" You can't become what you aren't, or you will start feeling awful about yourself. "

" I just found such a love for dancing. If anybody would love to just feel great, not just physically, but you want to feel such confidence, just go and take a ballroom dancing class! I love it more than any kind of workout. "

" Fear is such a huge thing that holds us back. "

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" I definitely understand not entirely fitting in. I think everyone has their own version of feeling out of place and I think one of the great things we have the ability to do is to know it's all right. It's OK to have that awkward phase. "

" Just in general, no matter what you're doing, be true to yourself. Never let anyone else dictate how you live your life. "

" For a while I thought about studying medicine at school and becoming a doctor because I've always been interested in psychology and how people's minds operate. But I'm able to explore some of that as an actor and ultimately I think it seems more interesting. "

" Stay true to your integrity, and if you're doing something that you feel like doesn't represent your integrity, speak up. You have to say that. If you're doing something that doesn't make you feel good, you probably shouldn't be doing it. "

" I think if you have any fear or shame, it's really hard to want to express yourself. "

" I thought I'd lost a pair of earrings once. They were, like, $50,000. I was terrified. "

" As you get older, you realise your parents aren't these superheroes. They're actually people. "

" Education is very important to my parents and to me. "

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" I have been very, very blessed with not having stage parents. "

" Being stick skinny to the extent where you can see your bones through your skin is not a good look. You don't need to be that to be beautiful or to be perfect or to fit in. Who you are is exactly who you should be. You can't let other people dictate your life or how you feel about yourself because then you're not living. "

" If I could find the perfect career of doing television and movies where I could sing, that would be great. "

" Look, nobody is ever exactly the same as anybody else. You're handed the cards you are for a particular reason, so you follow that path and see where it takes you. "

" The only place you can really find the confidence and the love for yourself is within you, so that has to be what carries you: not all of these external things. "

" In high school, I had a much easier time interacting with adults than with my peers. "

" I would never want the responsibility of being the prettiest girl on screen; it's too much. "

" Love doesn't care how much money you have. It doesn't care who your parents are. It doesn't care if you're gay, straight, or transgender. "