Lily Collins Quotes

The girl next door isn't necessarily blonde and blue-eyed anymore. So I don't feel like I need to morph into that all-American thing.

No tummy showing, no cleavage, no leg show - those were the rules laid down by my folks! But yeah, I am the original thong girl in India.

Being beautiful can be a curse, especially if you want to be an artist and create.

My father was a minister and so rock music was banned in our house.

What is this drive to be thinner, prettier, better dressed, other? Who exactly is this other and what does she look like beyond the jacket she's wearing or the food she's not eating? What might we be doing, thinking, feeling about if we didn't think about body image, ever?

I think people should look cute all the time.

Like when I had long hair, you kind of got male attention from everything. But when you had short hair, it was a different kind of man that was attracted to you or I found coming up.

Americans like fat books and thin women.

I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.

Tell him I mind having to look pretty, that's what I mind, because it is so much more of an effort.

Every woman has the right to be beautiful.

During my first photo shoot, I was unhappy because they put so much makeup on me and straightened my hair. I've been stubborn ever since.

If you want to do what you want to do, you have to look a certain way.

The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18.

When you're not blond and thin, you come up with a personality real quick.

My mom was very strict when I was growing up. I could not talk to boys until I was 18. I had to study and work hard.

I shave my body in all kinds of ways, wear tons of eyeliner and dye my hair pink.

My dad was pretty strict. We didn't even get to watch any of his movies until I was, like, 17 years old. I didn't even see his stand-up, really, until I started doing stand-up, and that was when I was 22. So he's pretty strict. We had curfews until I was 17... he didn't play around.

I find the whole concept of being 'sexy' embarrassing and confusing. If I do a photo-shoot, people desperately want to change me - dye my hair blonder, pluck my eyebrows, give me a fringe. Then there's the choice of clothes. I know everyone wants a picture of me in a mini-skirt. But that's not me.

I grew up in a religious family, and we weren't allowed to listen to rock music.

My mom wouldn't let me do child acting.

I've been told to wear different things, to look different, to lose weight, to look sexier, to wear more hair, to wear more makeup.

Growing up, there was a lot of pressure for women to be good-looking, but my mum was very strict, and she didn't allow me to wear make-up. Looking back, it was good for me. It slowed me down from becoming an adult too quickly.

Beauty pageants in general are foreign and noxious to me: I can barely muster the energy to put on lip gloss and mascara.

If you're considered a beauty, it's hard to be accepted doing anything but standing around.