Lily Collins Quotes

Women have ever been the stumbling block and betrayers of ambition.

There is no such thing as low maintenance or high maintenance, just a bunch of women hoping for a capable mechanic.

Women blame men for their own singlehood.

I never really acted full-time. I certainly had gotten past the point where fame and fortune was something that I was dreaming about or anticipating.

Everyone in Hollywood is seeking fame and fortune; it's in the water here. Everyone from young women to old men - they all want it.

Rules should not be barriers; they should be guides.

I wanted to be famous. It's embarrassing to admit, but I came out to L.A. thinking it would happen in no time. I thought, 'Once they see me, they'll be so glad I came.' I always had a ridiculous amount of self-confidence about what was going to happen to me.

I surround myself with women who inspire me to be more ambitious, and who constantly astonish me with their magnetism, style, and smarts.

Treat a woman how you'd want someone to treat your mom.

I started acting when I was seven-years-old. By the time I was 17 I would say: "If I'm not a star by the time I'm 18, I'll get out of the business."

You know, women in Hollywood, we don't get action franchises and superheroes. The rom-coms that made Julia Roberts, Sandra Bullock, and Reese Witherspoon stars are out of favor right now- nobody is making them. In this business, if you are an ambitious person, you don't wait for people to hand you opportunities. You have to make a way for yourself.

More than ambition, more than ability, it is rules that limit contribution; rules are the lowest common denominator of human behavior. They are a substitute for rational thought.

It is remarkable what a woman can accomplish with just a little ambition.

Some women take up the law and become lawyers. Other women lay down the law and become wives.

Women are often under the impression that men are much more madly in love with them than they really are.

All women are ambitious naturallie

The way to be successful in Hollywood is to be as obnoxious as the next guy.

If you want to be successful, you have to be willing to use every connection you’ve got.

One needs to be successful in the conventional way to learn just how far away from success it may be.

The reason why most women have so little sense of friendship is that this is but a cold and flat passion to those that have felt that of love.

That's how you become successful, man - you gotta stay busy.

Mediocrity is not worth the trip.

You killed more people than anybody in history." "Be the best at whatever you do, that's what my mother always told me.

I respect anybody that's doin' their thing, and doin' better than I'm doin, or at least tryin'. I really don't need to hate on the next person. We're all just tryin' to get one thing at the end of the day, everybody's tryin' to get money and be successful, and just enjoy what they do.

In the track of fear we have so many conditions, expectations, and obligations that we create a lot of rules just to protect ourselves... when the truth is that there shouldn't be any rules. These rules affect the quality of the channels of communication between us.