Top 100 Nikki Reed Quotes
#1. I can go back to my very first movie, Thirteen, and think about that exact moment when I saw Nikki Reed and Evan Rachel Wood do their chemistry read audition together. It just came alive. I was filming it with a video camera and I was like, "I know I can make a good movie now."
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#2. People think that saving the planet or finding their place in that effort is a really overwhelming thought.
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#3. For some reason, young girls, they don't want the guy that's just there.
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#4. I think we use a lot of words and labels when trying to describe people: ones with autism, ones without autism. In general, I think that labeling people is a major issue, and people don't understand the power of language.
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#5. I had a great time making the last movie, 'Eclipse.' We shot my back-story stuff from the 1930's. But I was waiting for 'Breaking Dawn' because I love the relationship Rosalie has with Jacob and the rest of her family and Bella. She also provides comic relief.
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#6. If I had more confidence, I would rock a crop top.
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#7. I play characters that are pretty; I play characters that are sort of intimidating and confident, but that doesn't necessarily mean that I'm that.
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#8. Having people wait outside of my house sort of gives me a panic attack. I'm a believer in the concept that people should not be followed and photographed everywhere.
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#9. I have nobody. I have surrounded myself with people who are fake just because I need to talk to somebody.
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#10. DJ Qualls and I have been best friends for I don't even know how long - since I was a kid, 14, 15, many, many years.
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#11. I write because it feels good, and I don't have a deadline, and I don't have people telling me what they want me to write. Maybe if I did, I wouldn't be very good at it.
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#12. There is still so much drama in my life, but I'm not a sad person anymore.
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#13. What is important is to treat everyone like an individual and learning not to generalize autism. With autism, people make assumptions, but it's very broad, and everyone's so different. You have to treat each person as an individual.
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#14. I'm really into the Tom Ford lipsticks. I was always afraid to wear lip color because I thought it made me look too masculine, but my makeup artist Fiona Stiles got me into wearing coral, orange-y colors from his line, and now I wear lipstick all of the time.
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#15. While most people turn 21 and decide to go out and party, I turned 21 and decided that I was going to become somebody that I never thought I could be: somebody who cares about herself and her body, her future, and her health.
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#16. The great thing about Adele is if you put her on top volume, you actually sound like her while you're singing.
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#17. I have friends come over and we read plays out loud and I make paintings and I just do things all the time just so I don't ever feel like I'm sitting around.
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#18. At the end of the day, that's our sole purpose and our sole reason for existing, is to love somebody else.
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#19. I enjoy feeling physically strong, so maybe I'd like to be able to lift a building and launch it at someone.
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#20. My rule is: If I can eat it, I can put it on my skin.
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#21. I have great respect for actors like Jodie Foster and Natalie Portman who went to school the entire time they were acting. All I did was one small little independent film, and I realised I couldn't balance both lives.
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#22. My name is not big enough for people to go, 'Let me throw money at you because you're so famous!'
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#23. Just because you're part of 'Twilight' does not mean you're a superstar. It means that you're given the opportunity to maybe become one later if you work hard. Once fandom goes away, which it will very soon, it's all about having your priorities straight and working hard.
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#24. Animals, until you have kids of your own, animals are your kids.
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#25. I guess the older I get, the more understanding and forgiving I've become.
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#26. Part of being young is making mistakes.
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#27. I just wrapped 'Eclipse' yesterday and the last scene we shot is probably my favorite thus far. I finally got to tell my story, in a very gentle yet elaborate way.
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#28. Polynesian women are known for their long hair, glowing skin, and thick nails. And that comes from the local diet, which is mostly plant based with a little bit of fish and a lot of natural fats and oils.
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#29. Coconut oil mixed with olive oil is what I put on my body every day; I put rose hip oil on my face. If my hair feels dry, instead of going and buying something filled with chemicals, I put egg whites or avocados or mayonnaise in my hair. I leave it on there for an hour or two and I wash it out.
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#30. This may sound surprising for someone who works in Hollywood, but I do not count calories, and I don't even care about weight gain, which I know sounds really bizarre. I listen to my body. I don't just wake up in the morning and cook whatever I eat.
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#31. Some of my favorite pieces were my mom's, and most of those she actually hand made. I would say if my style reflects anyone or anything, it's her.
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#32. I like a really natural looking body, so I'm not into muscles and looking like you just did 1,000 pull-ups and sit-ups and like you only eat lean turkey. That's not for me. I just like people to look like people, and so I think it's really attractive when men don't have perfect bodies.
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#33. The frenzy of the little-girl culture is something very unique, and I can only say that because I was one. The obsession - I can't really explain it. Everything is heightened to the maximum.
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#34. If I told you how many times guys on set get spray muscles ... men need to realize that they don't need to live up to what they think they need to live up to!
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#35. I do a lot of reading about food and the food industry, so I try to eat locally and go to the farmer's market.
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#36. I learned how to change a cloth diaper on a raccoon. I was maybe 8 or 9.
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#37. I try to think of food like fuel. I don't look at calories; I just look at ingredients. If my body were an engine, what would make it run? What would make it perform at its highest level?
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#38. I'm really diligent; I have a really militant side of my personality that comes out in areas of work. I'm very motivated, you know?
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#39. Being an actor, you have to be working even when you're not working. You never really get to relax because anytime you're relaxing in between jobs, you're just worried that you're not going to get another job.
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#40. I like for jewelry to tell a story and to be able to talk about what I'm wearing. That's more important to me than a name, brand, or label.
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#41. My boyfriend, who I love to death - he's only 17 so he's the youngest guy I've ever dated - he just moved here from Hawaii to be with me and I met him when I was 10. Anyway, in Hawaii they have such a different mentality and different priorities.
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#42. I do feel like by buying rats from a pet store, you are saving them because if not, they would get fed to a snake or something.
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#44. Kimberly Reed explains why this love has transferred to adulthood, saying, "When you love something as a kid, you never stop loving it; you just tuck that love away in a different spot in your heart.
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#45. If I can have the opportunity to go into an editing room, it's like the golden ticket for me. All I want is to learn about everything else in the filmmaking process. I just directed a music video which just came out and that'd sort of be the area of the field that I'm going to move into, I hope.
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#46. I'm just a believer in keeping all of the creative brain cells moving and working even when you're not working because the inevitable loneliness and boring drought in the actor's world, it can eat you alive.
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#47. I think for women especially, writing and creating your own role, producing, directing - having some control over what you do is really important. We can pave the way for other women to send what messages they want sent.
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#48. In middle school, we are all so damn insecure. It was the worst time for me, really destructive, like slapping myself across the face but loving it. Now I have to be an adult and change myself. I have to be a bigger person.
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#49. It's nonstop Ben Harper in my apartment.
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#50. My older brother's really good at making fun of me for just being a workaholic and never taking time for myself. Even when we go on vacation, I'm always working.
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#51. My mom can't defend herself to the world. She is such an amazing woman, with such an open heart. It's a real hard line, and I crossed it. I took everyone's life story and assumed it would be a great thing to put on screen. I was being selfish and I feel so horrible about it. I feel so guilty.
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#52. I went back to high school and decided that I wanted to be a kid for a while, whatever that means, but once again I found myself back with acting, so clearly I couldn't escape the passion.
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#53. Young people are fascinated with the idea of love, maybe because they haven't experienced it. The older you get, the more jaded you become with this, like, mystical love thing. It's not as exciting because it's not unknown.
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#54. It's frustrating to not be able to wear the same dress twice, so I don't have a go-to dress like all girls do. Renting is definitely going to be my new fashion obsession.
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#55. I never skipped a meal. I can't even recall a time when I've skipped a meal. I never understand when people say 'I'm so busy, I forgot to eat today.' It's never happened. I always find time!
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#56. I think so many young girls get caught up in the challenge of being with somebody who's dangerous, who's bad, who's enticing, who's all of those things, and you forget what it's like to enjoy simple love.
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#57. Tina Fey could run this country before Sarah Palin could!
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#58. I love wearing things that come with a story.
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#59. We have such an amazing future ahead of us.
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#60. I've done a lot of independent travelling, which hasn't been the best career choice, but it's been a really great life choice.
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#61. Before 'Twilight,' occasionally I would get the 'Hey are you that girl from that movie?' but no one knew my first and last name. The fans of the saga are amazing, and it's very flattering.
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#62. My mom and I built a guest house on my property so that my mom could help me fostering animals. I do multiple fosters a month.
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#63. Everyone in my family has some kind of artistic tendency. My great grandmother was a jewelry designer, and her daughter was a ceramic tile muralist.
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#64. When you date someone who loves the outdoors, it's inspiring.
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#65. My brother and I have matching tattoos on our arms. It says, 'Humility is strength,' in Portuguese and Italian, because my genius brother taught English in both Italy and Brazil.
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#66. In Hollywood, no one is happy with who they are. When they're young, they want to look older. When they're older, they're getting botox shot in their face to look younger.
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#67. I love jewellery, and the idea of having something you've created become tangible is really exciting.
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#68. When you're playing a character in a book, there's already a lot of pressure because all of the millions of people who have read the series have been able to envision and become very attached to the characters.
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#69. My dad's Jewish and my mum is Christian, so I grew up with no religion. Just whatever religion I wanted.
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#70. At the age of 21, I had never even stepped on a treadmill.
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#71. People definitely wait outside my house, hotel, apartment, whatever, asking for hugs or autographs.
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#73. I didn't have any media training - I didn't have anybody but myself.
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#74. When I'm challenged, I grow. I never want to be in a situation where I'm not challenged and not afraid. One of my favorite feelings is stepping into a film and knowing that I'm a little bit afraid of what I have to accomplish.
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#75. I have speakers all over my house because music is such a huge, huge part of who I am.
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#76. People send everyone hate mail. That's the way the world works right now, I'm nothing special.
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#77. I make all my body lotions by just mixing oils.
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#78. My goal is to play characters that I feel I can contribute to and also ones I can contribute back to my life.
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#79. I grew up in a very relaxed environment in one sense, without many rules. My mother had a problem knowing where to draw the line, which caused a chaotic and hectic home life. A lot of people took advantage of my mom.
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#80. Who thinks to put sunblock on the back of their kneecaps? Not me.
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#81. My little brother is autistic, so I would love to be involved in a charity for autism, but I haven't found the right one yet.
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#82. I feel like human beings cover up their scent with all these different things and products. I feel like we've given up our ability to engage with people because we don't know how people smell anymore.
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#83. I'm animal obsessed! I basically have a farm in my house.
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#84. What do I geek out over? I mean, totally, I geek out over Hanson. Duh.
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#85. Parents are in denial a lot of the time - everybody knows what they did as a teenager, but somehow, when they grow up, it all disappears.
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#86. Jackson plays a broken guitar because he's in love with it, and doesn't want to fix it, I think. It's so broken.
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#87. I kind of went through a rough period. I could have kept going down that road and then off the cliff and into the ocean.
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#88. I definitely think that females have a harder time. It's a lot harder to be a girl because you're always in your head. I've heard my brother go and take it out on the football as he says. Whereas girls would rather sit down and over think things.
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#89. I have a long-standing relationship with Autism Speaks. I've been supporting them for many, many years now.
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#90. Jackson [Rathbone] is the most artsy, creative and, I think, the most talented.
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#91. I've never really made a big deal out of my birthday.
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#92. With girls, friendships are hard because you have to learn to get to a maturity level to love them but not want to be them.
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#93. Some of the greatest moments in life come from moments that are incomplete.
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#94. For the most part, I try to stay away from high fructose corn syrup and citric acid.
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#95. I think my mother is my biggest influence. There are so many things I hate about her but at the same time I'm thankful for her. All I know is that when I'm a parent I want to be just like my mom. I can talk to my mom more than any of my friends could talk to their parents.
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#96. We live in a world where sort of nothing is shocking anymore.
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#97. If I'm getting on an airplane or anywhere, really, I have a lunch box and stuff. It's a running joke with my friends and family - everyone gives me lunch boxes for Christmas.
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#98. My brother and I had a lot of freedom growing up, and thankfully, we both turned out OK.
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#99. I always wanted to be a makeup artist. When I don't get to have my stylist, I do my own makeup!
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#100. I was a very sensitive kid who then had to condition myself to desensitize.
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