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" With both acting and ballet, often you can't just choose when you do it, whereas a painter can go at his own pace. "

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" I'd love to go off to college to study photography, art history, humanities. "

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" I like to do projects that challenge me, and hopefully in turn challenge the audience, or open your eyes to something you're not aware of. "

" Someone once told me to believe 5 percent of what everybody tells you. "

" My mom used to have a lot of European cinema playing in the house, so I'd catch bits and pieces of films. "

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" Once you're put out there in the public eye, people feel a certain ownership over you. "

" The jobs I enjoy most are the ones where I never feel like I'm performing. I'm just feeling things. "

" It's really rare as a teenager to be offered a role that actually resembles what it's like to be a teenager, because there are so many stereotypes that might be attractive to watch, but make you think: 'Who is that? Who has that life at 16?' "

" As an actor you have to wait for someone to cast you, so you're relying on the business. "

" Coming from dance, I feel acting is - I'm not going to say easy, because it's not. But the dance world is more hard-core. "

" I love seeing my family. "

" Traveling to Russia and Germany and being able to see the world at a young age was really cool for me, and I really liked that. "

" I'm a huge sucker for comfort. "

" I want to keep doing roles that are challenging and different. "

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" Dancers are kept in a perpetual state of pre-puberty, and for young girls in particular, that type of pressure breeds insecurities. "

" I got the first thing I auditioned for - a guest role on two episodes on 'All Saints,' and I don't think I had ever been that excited. "

" I don't consider myself a starlet or a Hollywood person. "

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" Fame is useful in certain ways, because it helps you get more roles. "

" I was probably a bit of a mimic when I was a kid, and I used to imitate people. "