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" To be honest, I never went to school for acting, and I never learned to break down a script. I took acting classes my whole life, but they never taught me anything about acting. They just taught me about myself. "

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" For me acting is a passion and an art, and always will only be that. I don't have any rules when it comes to acting. I'll do anything. But it depends on the script. Either I'll have passion for the project or I won't. It's got to fuel me. "

Shailene Woodley

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Passion

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" For me, my rule in this industry is I've got to listen to my butterflies. So if I got butterflies, then those are the scripts I go after. "

Shailene Woodley

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" When I read a script or I see a character, I don't necessarily see the arc of her, that by the end she is this person, she's different from she was in the beginning. I guess it's more a subconscious understanding of that arc. "

" Acting is fun and I refuse to get involved in the semantics and the politics of strategy and breaking out of something or doing something because you need to do something else. For me it's all about what fuels my soul and if I'm passionate about a screenplay then that's what I'll do next. "

" I'm always like 'I'm too skinny, I can't gain weight, even when I try.' I'd like to try to not let that get to me. "

Shailene Woodley

Try

Skinny

" I had never been to Hawaii, and now I say that my body is from L.A. but my heart is from Hawaii, because I'm in love with it and it's home on every level, from a spiritual, soulful place. "

" You forget that you do choose your life and there are so many things to be grateful for and I feel like society has gotten to that point where we're always looking for the next and the better and we lose sight of what's actually in front of us. "

" I was always the frugal kid growing up because I was saving for college. Or I was always that kid that was like, 'I'm going to save my babysitting money so I can eat an expensive dinner when I go to Europe.' "

" There's been times when I've had heartbreaking moments and I'm like, 'I can't believe you said that,' or 'I can't believe you did that'. And it hurts, it still hurts, and it'll always hurt, but I've never had somebody that I truly cared about just walk out on me, whether it was a boyfriend, or an aunt, mom or dad. "

" Every single journey that I've embarked on, I've learned something new. "

" Alcohol is a big part of high school. I went through my little phase. I don't know one high schooler that doesn't. "

" I went to public school my whole life, graduated high school with my class. Growing up, I'd go to an audition, my friends would go to soccer practice and we'd all reconvene and hang out in our neighborhood. When I would book something, I would never tell my friends. Acting was just fun. I was a kid, I wasn't jaded. "

" George Clooney is a super-human, he's just such an amazing human being, he taught me how to be a better person and a better actor! "

Shailene Woodley

Just

Amazing

" I feel like a turtleneck dress that's long-sleeved and covers your entire body but is tight fitting is so much sexier than boobs spilling out, you know? So I guess I'm more into being classy sexy versus apparent sexy. "

" I'm not really fond of the trails left in the sky and a lot of chemicals that are being pumped through factories and even in the clothes we wear. "

" So often, I read scripts and am like, 'This would never happen in real life. It's not trying to be funny. It's trying to be serious.' "

" There aren't a lot of films about adolescents or quote-unquote coming-of-age films that are realistic nowadays. "

" George Clooney sort of lost his 'George Clooney-ness' the first day I met him. He's not George Clooney in my eyes - he's George from Kentucky with an awesome, awesome heart. "

" When I started acting, my parents gave me three rules: I had to stay good in school, stay the kid they always knew I was, and I had to have fun. If I wasn't doing those three things, then I couldn't do acting anymore. "

" I love arguing. I always say that I'll never win a physical battle, but I can always win a mental battle. I mean, not really, because I never really argue with anyone. "

" I think there is a point in every teenager's life where they are forced to come into themselves. "

" When it comes down to it, I'm just a girl who wears those five-finger weird toe shoes. "

" My favorite movies are movies that I go in and I leave deeply affected. Whether I laugh really hard or whether I cry really hard, I just want to feel really affected in that moment. "

" Every family is dysfunctional, whether you want to admit it or not. "

" I would like to do something dark or small. I love independent films. I love emotional scenes. I love people who are struggling with something. I think it's just the juxtaposition to my incredibly happy, positive demeanor. "

" I think every teenager goes through their angst. People who are like, 'No, I had a perfect adolescence,' make me wonder how that is possible. "

Shailene Woodley

Wonder

People

" I think there's a lot of work to be done with our societies. My biggest passions are the environment and health. And when I say 'health' I mean the secrets behind health and our food system. "

" I'm already the most fortunate girl in the world, so I have zero expectations for what the future will bring. "

" I would love to act for the rest of my life, but I also know that it could be taken away in a day. It's something I've always loved, but it's nothing I've ever revolved my entire life around. I have many other passions as well. "

" I think the most important thing in life is self-love, because if you don't have self-love, and respect for everything about your own body, your own soul, your own capsule, then how can you have an authentic relationship with anyone else? "