Lily Collins Quotes

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Lily Collins

Profession : Actress

Birth : March 18, 1989

I grew up understanding the pros and cons of what you're getting into and knowing what comes with your job. I like to keep my private life private, and then work is work. I feel so far I've had a really good balance with that.

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I've always been a firm believer that you don't have to close one door in order to open another.

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But the thing is, I was never looking at a strategic way of gaining fame. That's not why I'm doing this.

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I've only ever known growing up across different countries - to me it's just fun.

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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.

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I've grown up knowing that you put as much of your private life out there as you feel comfortable with.

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To play someone I loved in my favourite fairytale as a kid is a total honour.

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I sing some songs but don't expect me to release an album anytime soon.

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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 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.

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My older siblings and I all work in 'the industry'. So obviously we have hectic schedules, but we make it work.

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At first, I didn't hang out with celebrity kids. That wasn't the way I was brought up. I went to a run-of-the-mill Catholic primary school when we first moved to L.A. But then I went to a high school where there were lots of 'industry' children. Those weren't my best friends and I've never set out to make myself a part of that scene.

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I think I've been brought up very well by both my parents. I am very cautious and I think I'm now fit for the world I'm in. They're very much behind my modelling and very supportive.

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Never once does 'Snow White' herself look in the mirror so she isn't aware of her beauty or what apparently that does to people. It's really just the queen and the prince that talk about it.

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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.

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I think it's just important to not judge people based on their physicality because it's really about personality and people's hearts and souls. That's what drew me to Audrey Hepburn who is kind of like my icon.

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I don't know if this is too weird to say, but this is completely surreal for me. Bizarre. The cover of 'Teen Vogue' has been on my bucket list forever.

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I'm drawn to roles that have real substance, that aren't just the victim or the teenage girl or the girlfriend.

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Everything for me has happened so quickly. I finished shooting 'The Blind Side' not this past June, but the June before, and all of sudden up to now, it seems like it's gone from zero to 60 for me. I feel so fortunate to be able to say that.

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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.

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