Camila Mendes Quotes

Camila Mendes

Profession : Actress

Birth : June 29, 1994

It's fine to eat dessert when I want to eat dessert because that will give me the peace of mind I need. I'll know that if I ate chocolate cake, maybe I won't the next day.

Camila Mendes

It took living alone for me to really get to know myself.

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I love bossa nova. It's the most beautiful genre of music in the world.

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I grew up watching 'Gossip Girl' and 'The O.C.,' and I looked up to Blair Waldorf and Summer Roberts.

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Invest in a trainer. You see the progress so quickly, and you push yourself in new ways.

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It's easy to think you have to fit some kind of mold.

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In high school, I always had boyfriends - it wasn't healthy! I was so used to having someone around that when I was finally on my own, it felt scary.

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I use my hair as a tool for portraying characters. When I'm auditioning for a role, when I'm putting myself on tape for something, I always consider what the hairstyle is going to be because it changes the way people perceive me.

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People know what I look like. I take photos on my own, and I don't edit them, so people know.

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I have so much appreciation for how those two cultures have created who I am. I'm a full-blooded Brazilian, with an entire extended family of Brazilians, but I was born and raised in the U.S.

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My sister would write plays, and I would act in them and perform them for my parents. They were on the comedy side, very much inspired by 'The Amanda Show.'

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I've always looked up to Nicole Kidman. I think she's an elegant and talented actress. You can tell how much she commits to her characters, and I admire that.

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I'm American; I was born and raised in America, and I don't want to fake who I am to fit a stereotype.

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In any job you do, you're going to have off days.

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It's rare that you see Latin families being portrayed as intelligent, sophisticated, and powerful entities.

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If you're going to become a better person, do it in high school.

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In high school, I was friends with everybody. I had my core group of friends, but I could flow through different social groups pretty easily.

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I spent a lot of my adolescence in Miami, where it was super humid, and my hair would get super frizzy, and my waves weren't really consistent or pretty.

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My perfect day would be spent poolside with some friends.

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I feel like I know I have enough friends who support me through those times. Like, I'll call a friend and be like, 'I really don't feel good about what I ate today,' and she'll be like, 'Dude, it's fine.'

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