Nikki Reed Quotes

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Nikki Reed

Profession : Actress

Birth : May 17, 1988

My name is not big enough for people to go, 'Let me throw money at you because you're so famous!'

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I didn't have any media training - I didn't have anybody but myself.

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I play characters that are pretty; I play characters that are sort of intimidating and confident, but that doesn't necessarily mean that I'm that.

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I went back to high school and decided that I wanted to be a kid for a while, whatever that means, but once again I found myself back with acting, so clearly I couldn't escape the passion.

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When I'm challenged, I grow. I never want to be in a situation where I'm not challenged and not afraid. One of my favorite feelings is stepping into a film and knowing that I'm a little bit afraid of what I have to accomplish.

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My goal is to play characters that I feel I can contribute to and also ones I can contribute back to my life.

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I didn't have the safety net that a lot of young actresses have. A lot of young girls have their families around to support them and help choose wisely.

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If I had more confidence, I would rock a crop top.

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I never skipped a meal. I can't even recall a time when I've skipped a meal. I never understand when people say 'I'm so busy, I forgot to eat today.' It's never happened. I always find time!

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I think for women especially, writing and creating your own role, producing, directing - having some control over what you do is really important. We can pave the way for other women to send what messages they want sent.

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It's frustrating to not be able to wear the same dress twice, so I don't have a go-to dress like all girls do. Renting is definitely going to be my new fashion obsession.

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I'm really into the Tom Ford lipsticks. I was always afraid to wear lip color because I thought it made me look too masculine, but my makeup artist Fiona Stiles got me into wearing coral, orange-y colors from his line, and now I wear lipstick all of the time.

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My mom and I would make bracelets and necklaces, and I would sell it in the first, second, and third grades because that was my lunch money.

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Everyone in my family has some kind of artistic tendency. My great grandmother was a jewelry designer, and her daughter was a ceramic tile muralist.

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My dad designed houses and was an architect for many years.

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I like for jewelry to tell a story and to be able to talk about what I'm wearing. That's more important to me than a name, brand, or label.

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I'm animal obsessed! I basically have a farm in my house.

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I do feel like by buying rats from a pet store, you are saving them because if not, they would get fed to a snake or something.

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My mom and I built a guest house on my property so that my mom could help me fostering animals. I do multiple fosters a month.

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I think we use a lot of words and labels when trying to describe people: ones with autism, ones without autism. In general, I think that labeling people is a major issue, and people don't understand the power of language.

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