Quotes from Vanessa Hudgens

I want to go to Morocco really bad.

It's just about keeping people who are close to me, near. It's important to have people around who love themselves, are true to themselves, who have their own hobbies and their world doesn't revolve around Hollywood.

I was so unhealthy. I used to go to 'Cold Stone Creamery,' get a tub of Butterfinger ice cream, and eat it all before bedtime. And my fingers were permanently stained orange from Cheetos.

I love and really respect strong women. I'm obsessed with Scarlett Johansson and Drew Barrymore and Penelope Cruz. They are just really incredibly strong-willed, intelligent females in the industry.

I feel like women have an easier time separating from their characters than men do.

I don't go long without eating. I never starve myself: I grab a healthy snack.

I like egg white omelets with veggies, or oatmeal with almonds and fruit.

I had a gypsy upbringing, so I moved around all over the place and can't remember a street I grew up on.

I feel like I've been fortunate enough that I've gotten to meet and work with some really passionate people.

I'd like to win an Oscar.

I've had many nicknames over the years: V, Nessa, Nessy Poo, Nessy Bear and Van. Only my parents call me Van, though, and I hate it. I get embarrassed.

If you really love someone, you shouldn't have to work at it, you finish each others' sentences and have the same sense of humor.

Being cool is being your own self, not doing something that someone else is telling you to do.

I don't go long without eating. I never starve myself: I grab a healthy snack.

My passion is doing movies, and as long as I keep doing that, I'll be happy. I want to do movies, fun roles and dramatic ones. I love all of it.

I'm not very experienced with boys or the whole dating thingy.

Exercise is amazing, from the inside out. I feel so alive and have more energy.

So many people try to grow up too fast, and it's not fun! You should stay a kid as long as possible!

Do not just look at your boyfriend as just a boyfriend. Look at him as a friend, too.

My passion is doing movies, so as long as I keep doing that I will be happy.

This is going to sound really funny. I have a poster of Zac Efron on my wall! I think every girl has a poster of him in their room so, why not join the club!

If people don't like me for whatever I do, for being me, then that's too bad. I don't want to change to be something that I'm not for other people to like me.

The second I met Zac, I thought he was a really cool guy. It's hard not to have chemistry with someone who is so attractive.

Touring is tough. You're almost in a haze because you don't really know where you are half the time: You're in a hotel room one moment, and the next thing you know, you're onstage performing for 60 000 people, then you're back on an airplane. It's very hectic and I couldn't do it without my family.