“I think that everybody needs somebody to really look up to and know that even though you’re going through a tough time, you’ll get over it.”

Everyone suffers some injustice in life, and what better motivation than to help others not suffer in the same way.

You always just have to be the best that you can be. And if you know that in your heart, then that’s all that matters.

I tend to have a lot of guy friends.

I’m not a boy band kind of girl. I like hip-hop, I like R&B.

I don’t really hashtag things. Unless I’m talking to somebody and I’m being funny and I say something mean but then I’m like, Hashtag…something that’s funny. I like to only hashtag funny things, not real stuff.

I do have many of the same friends I grew up with. Most I’ve known since we were three or four years old! I have made new friends as well.

I think that since it’s prom, you should definitely wear a long dress. You can wear a short one anytime! This is the moment when you get to be a princess, and for me, that means a sweetheart neckline, long, then pouf – out and big.

Acting isn’t a side thing – you have to live and breathe it.

I want people to look at my films and say ‘Wow, she’s a good actress’, and I know I’ll have to work hard for that.

I think everything about my life is magical. I’ve struggled, and against most odds, I’m truly having the experience of living my dreams.

I think the best advice came from Drew Barrymore, about always finding love in everything you do and keeping a positive attitude and being thankful.

I have suffered from bullying in many ways, from bullying in school due to my disability in reading, to digital abuse that I deal with on a daily basis. I’d like to tell the kids that are being bullied that no one should have to deal with the abuse, ever!

If someone is trying to bring you down, it only means you’re above them.

I was never a dancer before ‘Shake It Up’.

Don’t try to impress people. Always be yourself!

I’d like to help other kids with dyslexia, because I’m dyslexic. It was very hard, and I know that what I went through, other kids are going through.

As far as U.S. tennis, we need new stars coming up in the pipeline, but I don’t know if we have it.

We need practice solving problems.

Modern man . . . has not ceased to be credulous . . . the need to believe haunts him.

Everybody just needs to realize that when you write something you’re just in one mood. I was told I needed to write it and it was overdue; I don’t even remember what day it was.

Now in these troubled times, even more than ever, we need an affirmation that there is goodness and beauty in the world.

Dictatorships by their nature are unrepresentative as they neglect the social needs of the people.

To be good, you need to believe in what you’re doing.

We are all capable of change and growth; we just need to know where to begin.