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" 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. "
Lily Collins
Life
Work
Think
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" There's this common perception that having a famous last name is all you need. A surname may get you a meeting, but if there's no talent you won't get the part. "
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" 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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" My mum always removed her make-up at night and taught me early on about the importance of taking care of your skin, especially when you're travelling or extremely busy, because it's so easily affected by your surroundings and health. "
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Health
" I've always loved fashion design. I love drawing and creating looks and styling. "
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Loved
Fashion
" I'm in a relationship with myself. I think a lot of young girls should do that. "
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" I remember the first scene I shot on 'The Blind Side.' I was with Sandra Bullock, and I kept trying to stop myself thinking, 'Oh my God, I can't believe I'm in a movie with her.' "
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God
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Believe
" I graduated high school, and I always wanted to go to college, but I also really wanted to work at a young age. At 18, I was pitching talk show ideas to different networks. I was a journalist. "
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Age
Work
School
" As a little girl living in the English countryside, I used to go running around in the forests, creating my own fairy tale. "
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My Own
Girl
Fairy Tale
" 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
Me
You
" 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
" 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
" 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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Myself
Truth
Medical
" I really, really love Lucy Hale. "
Lily Collins
Lucy
Really
Love
" I was very lucky that my first film, 'The Blind Side,' I worked with Sandra Bullock. "
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Very
Film
Blind
" It's really important to stand up for yourself and not always agree with what people say if indeed you don't feel that that's true. "
Lily Collins
You
Stand
People
" From a young age, I've had a desire to put forward this perfect image, whatever perfect was. "
Lily Collins
Forward
Perfect
Age
" I've never acted fully impulsively. I think with my mind and my heart. "
Lily Collins
Heart
I Think
Mind
" I think we all want to fit in at a young age. "
Lily Collins
Want
Fit
I Think
" 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. "
Lily Collins
Me
Growing Up
People
" 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. "
Lily Collins
Sunset
Back
Driving
" I've always loved writing. "
Lily Collins
Loved
Writing
Always
" Regarding scripts and projects, I've always been open to reading all sorts of genres and never closing myself off to one, because you never know what you might find. "
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Know
You
Reading
" 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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Life
People
" 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 want to produce and direct and write one day. "
Lily Collins
Want
Write
One Day
" 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
" I love getting oxygen facials because I travel a lot. My skin gets pretty dry with all the airplanes. "
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Pretty
Travel
Because
" I sang for 'Mirror Mirror.' I love singing. "
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Mirror
Love
Singing
" 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 rarely, rarely - unless it's a big red carpet - wear all one designer. "
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Red
Wear
Red Carpet