Lily Collins
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Demographics
Gender Female
Birth Name Lily Jane Collins
Birthplace Guildford, Surrey South Western, Surrey, England, U.K.
Birth Date March 18, 1989
Ethnicity Northwestern European, Jewish
Father English
Mother 1/2 Ashkenazi, English, some German
Nationality British, American
Career Actress
Color Season Soft Autumn
Notes and Motifs
Gamma sensualist
SeFi II-- Seelie
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Collins: "I've had to prove myself. But I'm driven, and I would love to make my own mark on the world."
Collins: "As an actor, you gain weight, you lose weight, you change your hair color, and you make changes physically and emotionally to be able to understand the character."
Collins: “Perfection is an unattainable goal, a concept that took me a while to figure out, having harmed myself to reach it at a young age.”
Collins: "I'm drawn to roles that have real substance, that aren't just the victim or the teenage girl or the girlfriend."
Collins: "I think it's important to figure out you and to have fun and to be dating and to figure out what you like and what you don't like. It's what growing up is all about."
Collins: "From a young age, I've had a desire to put forward this perfect image, whatever perfect was."
Collins: "I've grown up seeing the pros and cons but I love it and I've always wanted to act. Throughout all the rejections at auditions, and especially when I finally did get something, both my parents have been so supportive and always told me it is all about passion and, if I was doing it because I love it, there's no wrong choice."
Collins: “I’m unapologetically work driven. But I’m also unapologetically life driven.”
Collins: "Hollywood is such a fickle place, and you really have to go day to day and with the flow. Things happen so quickly, for the good or the bad. But you also have to know that everything happens for a reason."
Collins: "When you surprise yourself and you can't remember what the take felt like, then something transformative has happened."
Collins: "I didn't want to have people open doors for me. My dad never made a call on my behalf to anyone - not to a producer, a director, or a casting agent."
Collins: "I've always loved fashion design. I love drawing and creating looks and styling."
Collins: "I like acting impulsively, but I'm also extremely thoughtful about what I do. So, it's not like someone would say 'Don't do something,' and I'd automatically go, 'I'm gonna do it anyway.'"
Collins: "I really think everything happens for a reason."
Collins: "When I went through my eating disorder, I never sought medical assistance. I created myths in my head about how I should get through things, so the idea that I could surround myself with truth and feel comfortable enough to speak mine allowed me to breathe."
Collins: "There's so many different things that you can physically change for a character."
Collins: "I think, in life, we want to surround ourselves with people who make us think and question ourselves, and those are the types of films I want to do and the types of characters that I hope I get to continue to play."
Collins: "I've never acted fully impulsively. I think with my mind and my heart."
Collins: "Once you realise that there is no such thing as perfect, it literally takes a weight off your shoulders because you can just be who you are and being you is enough."
Collins: "I don't want to acquire whatever 'fame' is."
Collins: "I'm constantly surprised by human nature and humanity. And I think that's why I love what I do: because I love to story-tell and bring new characters to life."
Collins: "I've always been a firm believer that you don't have to close one door in order to open another."
Collins: "As a young woman growing up, you set these standards for yourself as to what is perfect and ask, 'how can I reach perfection?' The older you get, and I know I'm still not old, you ask, 'What is perfection?"
Collins: "I've always loved being active, and I used to do sports - basketball, soccer, volleyball - growing up."
Collins: "I just want to start conversations. I want to do films that prompt conversations - whether that is positive, negative, indifferent - just ones that you leave the theater wanting to know more, wanting to watch the film over and over again."
Collins: "But the thing is, I was never looking at a strategic way of gaining fame. That's not why I'm doing this."
Collins: "When it comes to the work, I'm excited to see what people think. When it comes to the private life, that's when I don't pay attention."
Collins: "I'm trying to be the most vibrant version of myself."
Collins: "I don't like reading things that people say on the Internet because I know so much of it is not true. I don't want to waste my time worrying about what other people are thinking. I just want to focus on being able to do cool projects."
Collins: "I think we all want to fit in at a young age."
Collins: "There's this common perception that having a famous last name is all you need. A surname may get you a meeting, but if there's no talent you won't get the part."
Collins: "I've only ever known growing up across different countries - to me it's just fun."