Lily Collins Quotes

I left for Madrid at 20 years old and I didn't really know how it would go.

My brother said 'I want to start acting,' and me and my sister just said, 'Oh we'll try it, we'll see.' It was just one of those things - we were just like, 'Oh, we'll see what happens.'

I was 17 when I left the small Maine town where I'd grown up. I wanted to do something I thought was important with my life, so I headed to California and didn't look back.

I moved to California not to pursue acting but to get out of Albuquerque.

I had to get out of the Boston area, so I flipped a coin and said, 'Heads - Miami, tails - California. I was in my mid-20s and came out here with no training. Acting wasn't even in my mind.

Ultimately, I just made the decision to move to L.A. sight unseen. It took me a while to save up some money to do it.

I looked at my parents when I was 17, and I said, 'I'm moving to L.A.'

Right after college, a buddy of mine was moving to Boulder for some summer program, and he was like, 'Come live with me.' And I figured, why not? I love Colorado.

I begged my parents to let me go to LA for three months just to try it out. Three months turned into five years.

Moving to New York is a big, brave thing to do.

I drove to Nashville a few times, met with some people and hung out, went to the Opry, and that kind of stuff. I made the decision - you've got to be present to win, so I packed it up and moved out here, and it's been great. It's been the best decision I ever made.

In the spring of 1993, I married Beverly and moved to the woods. This is something I could never have imagined myself doing.

I was just restless with being in school; so I went out to Los Angeles.

I left home when I was 17 with Joe Williams.

I left for New York three days after graduation.

My mom really raised me, so I took her name before I ever thought about having a career. It was for personal reasons. My birth name is actually Max Deitch.

I did not move to New York with a plan. The first time I moved to New York, I just popped up. My sister was living here in New York. I just popped up. She had her baby and a husband, and I just popped up. 'Hey, what's up? I got $200 and dreams. Let's do this.'

My family has loved Minnesota and that was one of the big reasons we decided to come back. For me, family decisions were a big part to coming back to the Twins.

I grew up in a difficult environment, but I became a Christian as a teen. My mom and my sister soon became Christians also.

My keen love of travel was seldom hindered by Father. He permitted me, even as a mere boy, to visit many cities and pilgrimage spots.

All I really had was a suitcase and my drums. So I took them up to Seattle and hoped it would work.

What I finally did in 1995 was I said, I'm going to get out of this town and I'm going to go out West.

Most young people haven't used their storytelling skills since they were 8 or 9 or 10 and wanted to persuade Mom and Dad to take them to the ball game.

I just thought that I had had my fill for a while and wanted to have a family. My husband was moving to Chicago for his job. And so I went along. And it was a great thing that I did.

I'm Canadian - I came from a small island off Vancouver. I moved to Vancouver and a couple months later moved to Los Angeles for work. It was very adventurous. It was kind of scary - I didn't know anybody.