Quotes from Lily Collins

The journalist in me always loved relating and socialising and connecting with people, but there came a point where I needed to make a decision to stop that being my focus and really focus on acting - an audience are only really going to believe me as a character to an extent if they don't know me as Lily that well.

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

I don't like reading things that people say on the Internet because I know so much of it is not true. I don't want to waste my time worrying about what other people are thinking. I just want to focus on being able to do cool projects.

My mom is such a strong, independent, strong-willed woman, and she always taught me to accept my worth for how I viewed myself and female empowerment, and it's okay to be independent and also need someone at the same time. I kinda get to be both.

I went to a high school, I took tests, I took finals, I went to football games - I did the whole thing. Because I really wanted to have that normalcy.

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

I had some difficult times when I first moved to Los Angeles when people would tell me I was saying things wrong. I felt different although my mum kept reminding me it was OK to be different.

It's great when improv is encouraged. It's a really fun thing. It depends on who's in the movie and how their process works as well. It takes a director who is open to that because you have a script, but then something funny could happen on set.

I like to be comfortable but I also like to look put together all the time.

The idea that I get to travel and do what I love and call it a job is just a blessing.

When you trust and have elevated personnel in each department then the sky really is the limit.

I love baking, it's the most calming thing for me. It's therapeutic, it makes the house smell good, and I get to take the goods to my friends. I do it for other people.

I love clothes, but I don't have a specific favorite, because I'm very much a fashionista.

When you surprise yourself and you can't remember what the take felt like, then something transformative has happened.

In the '30s, every day was an event. And, as much as I love that idea, I think nowadays it's nice to have the differentiation of when you dress up and when you don't.

I love hats, I'm such a fan of hats. You don't wear a fascinator everywhere you go, but there are ways to incorporate old Hollywood nuances into your looks today but also edge it up.

I would say [I love] writing, because lately I've been finishing my book.

I've always loved Jane Austen's writing.

Even in L.A., where everyone's in yoga pants, I've never been the girl to run around in sweats.

I graduated high school, and I always wanted to go to college, but I also really wanted to work at a young age. At 18, I was pitching talk show ideas to different networks. I was a journalist.

From a young age, I've had a desire to put forward this perfect image, whatever perfect was.

I think we all want to fit in at a young age.

My parents read me fairy tales every night and I used to believe I was a fairytale princess, like every young girl. I had all the Disney dressing-up costumes and would play every character.

I'm in a relationship with myself. I think a lot of young girls should do that.