Top 60 Hailee Steinfeld Quotes About Life (ACTRESS)

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“I went to my mum at about seven or eight and said I want to start acting, but the week before, I had said I wanted to do ballet. She said if I took acting classes for a full year, she would look further into it, and that’s how it started.”
Hailee Steinfeld

Being unique is what makes you stand out. Embrace your individuality and let it shine.

I've learned that you should never give up on your dreams, no matter how hard they may seem. — I’ve **learned** that you should never give up on your **dreams**, no matter how hard they may seem.

If you have a dream, go for it. Don't let anyone tell you that you can't do it. — If you have a **dream**, go for it. Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do it.

It's important to be true to yourself and follow your own path, even if it's not the most popular one. — It’s important to be true to yourself and follow your own path, even if it’s not the most popular one.

No matter what anyone says or does, always stay true to who you are.

I believe that everything happens for a reason, and that every experience we have in life teaches us something valuable. — I **believe** that everything happens for a reason, and that every experience we have in life teaches us something valuable.

It's okay to take risks and try new things. You never know what you're capable of until you try. — It’s okay to **take risks** and try new things. You never know what you’re capable of until you try.

I've learned that failure is not the end, but rather an opportunity to learn and grow. — I’ve learned that **failure** is not the end, but rather an **opportunity** to **learn** and **grow**.

The most important thing is to believe in yourself and your abilities. If you don't believe in yourself, who will? — The most important thing is to **believe** in yourself and your **abilities**. If you don’t believe in yourself, who will?

Life is short, so make the most of every moment and enjoy the journey. — **Life** is short, so make the most of every moment and enjoy the **journey**.

Music is a very big part of my preparation as an actor. — **Music** is a very big part of my **preparation** as an actor.

It needs to be said and heard it's OK to be who you are. — It needs to be said and heard: it’s OK to be who you are.

“I’ve learned that one of the biggest struggles people have in life, is accepting themselves for who they are. I realized in middle school that it was impossible to make everyone happy. The more I tried to fit in, the more I felt horrible about myself. School is a place we go to learn, not a place we go to try to fit in. Be yourself. Believe in what you know and not what others say about you. Take whatever negative energy is thrown your way and use it to empower yourself.”
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I love the film route and I'm going to try my hardest to stay on it. — I **love** the film route and I’m going to try my hardest to stay on it.

“I don’t know if it has set in or not. Honestly, it’s crazy. It’s such an amazing honor. I remember thinking back to being in my room waiting for the call to see if I got the part. It’s like winning the lottery. I’m proud to be a member of such an amazing cast – that’s the best award of all.”
Hailee Steinfeld

I really do feel like I’m in a generation where women are empowering and supporting each other. It’s so amazing to feel a part of that.

It’s hard not to love everything Prada does.

“Fashion is something I’ve always been interested in. I used to watch the Oscars but paid no attention to the awards. It wasn’t until I started attending red carpet events and was flown out to Paris for my first show, and saw how much is put into it all, that I had this new appreciation for everything.”
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8 Thought-Provoking Hailee Steinfeld Quotes

“I want you to know that you control your destiny. You control your feelings. Don’t let others dictate how you feel about yourself. Don’t give them that power. Love yourself!”
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My mom taught me to live by the three p's to always be passionate, persistent, and prepared. — My mom taught me to live by the three p’s: to always be **passionate**, **persistent**, and prepared.

Facebook is my life. — Facebook is my **life**.

“I feel like I’ve had very few bad experiences but even those I look back on and really feel like if it weren’t for them, I wouldn’t be where I am. I look back on them all the time and constantly feel like I owe it to the other projects that I’ve made that have gotten me to where I am.”
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The idea of revenge coming from a 14-year-old girl isn't, you know, exactly right. — The idea of revenge coming from a 14-year-old girl isn’t, you know, exactly right.

Whether I'm a bit of an old soul or not, I am who I am, and that doesn't change, whether I'm with adults or with my friends. — Whether I’m a bit of an old soul or not, I am who I am, and that doesn’t **change**, whether I’m with adults or with my **friends**.

You must love yourself before you love another. By accepting yourself and fully being what you are, your simple presence can make others happy.

I love it when someone that inspires me is not only good because of what they inspire me for, but also because they're just an amazing person. — I love it when someone that inspires me is not only good because of what they inspire me for, but also because they’re just an amazing person.

10 Hailee Steinfeld Quotes About Acting

“The one thing I loved so much about making ‘Pitch Perfect 2’ – especially in comparison to a movie like ‘Ten Thousand Saints’ – is you can go and be yourself, and you just know that all your weirdness and craziness and imperfections are completely embraced and accepted.”
Hailee Steinfeld

My very first audition was on the lot of Paramount, and I was put on tape and it was very nerve-racking. I think it was about 15 pages.

The shooting of the guns, that was kind of funny, because rolling a cigarette and shooting a gun aren't like normal things for a 13-year old girl! — The shooting of the guns, that was kind of funny, because rolling a cigarette and shooting a gun aren’t like normal things for a 13-year old girl!

“Well I was eight years old, and I have an older cousin who is three years older than me and she was doing acting, commercials, and modeling at the time and to see my cousin doing that was really inspiring and I wanted to do it. So I went to my mom and I asked her if I could do it, and for the acting part of it, she made me study for a year.”
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Child actors come off as work being their life and doing it 247, but I still have those days where it's totally, like, whatever shopping, movies, adventures. — Child actors come off as work being their life and doing it 24/7, but I still have those days where it’s totally, like, whatever: shopping, movies, **adventures**.

'When Marnie Was There' was the first animated film I've ever done. — ‘When Marnie Was There’ was the first animated film I’ve ever done.

I feel like every day I discover new actors and new filmmakers and different genres, and it's just so cool. — I feel like every day I discover new actors and new filmmakers and different genres, and it’s just so cool.

“Actors play different characters in every project they do. Though it has nothing to do with my craft, the red carpet gives me the opportunity to show who I really am and be myself.”
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“The minute I know it’s real to the minute we start shooting, I will work on the script, breaking it down and working on the character, doing as much research as I possibly can to the point where I feel like I eat, sleep and breathe it without looking at a page. Then I go in and try to forget all of it and just be there.”
Hailee Steinfeld

I guess it’s one thing to play a character and relate to a character, and it’s a lot closer to me than people might think. They are obviously watching a person with another name. But when they are listening to my music, it’s way more me and my story and my words that is the main difference in that.
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3 Hailee Steinfeld Quotes About True Grit

“My character in ‘True Grit’ would set these goals for herself that seemed near impossible, but to her they were possible. She was never going to believe anything else other than that.”
Hailee Steinfeld

When I was auditioning for 'True Grit,' I was on the Paramount lot. I was wearing clothes from the 1800s that were big and uncomfortable. — When I was auditioning for ‘True Grit,’ I was on the Paramount lot. I was wearing clothes from the 1800s that were big and uncomfortable.

“With ‘True Grit,’ the language was very specific, as is Shakespeare. You couldn’t really improvise, nor would you really ever have to. I never felt the need to. It was all so beautifully written, and it was all right there.”
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4 Hailee Steinfeld Quotes About Romeo and Juliet

“When ‘Romeo and Juliet’ came along, I fell in love with the way that it was written and how innocent and vulnerable it was and how different it was from ‘True Grit.’ I really liked that.”
Hailee Steinfeld

I feel that for the story of 'Romeo and Juliet' to be impactful, it has to be believable, and there has to be a certain level of chemistry between the two characters. — I feel that for the story of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ to be impactful, it has to be believable, and there has to be a certain level of chemistry between the two characters.

Every girl wishes she was Juliet in some version of their life.

“The rivalry between the Montague and the Capulet kids seems very modern to me. Juliet is a free spirit, full of untapped love and passion. I think a lot of girls can relate to her. And it’s very relevant in terms of kids defying their parents.”
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4 Hailee Steinfeld Quotes About Music

“Music has always been something I wanted to do. I think just the idea of performing and entertaining and being in the studio is really what I wanted to know how that felt. I started to get into it around the same time I got into acting, but it turned into a side project because my movies were taking up most of my time.”
Hailee Steinfeld

I really love all types of music. I'm really open to that. I really love Bruno Mars, Justin Timberlake and some James Taylor and Elton John stuff. — I really love all types of music. I’m really open to that. I really love **Bruno Mars**, **Justin Timberlake** and some James Taylor and Elton John stuff.

Singing is something I've always loved to do, and I'd never considered taking it further than the shower. — Singing is something I’ve always loved to do, and I’d never considered taking it further than the shower.

“I could be inspired by something I see or something I hear and write down or send to a friend or a writer or whether I have instrumental tracks or just a couple chords recorded on my phone. If I have a couple sessions set, I’ll go into the studio with the people I’m lucky enough to call my friends because I feel like I can talk to them and then suddenly our conversations turn into these songs you hear on the radio. I still don’t understand how it happens but I talk about my experiences and my situations and everything and then they turn into these amazing pop songs.”
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11 Hailee Steinfeld Quotes That Will Make You Think

There’s a different energy with a female director, a female at the head of the production. I don’t prefer one over the other, but they’re definitely different experiences, and I would love to have more of them.
Hailee Steinfeld

My first modeling job was Gap, and my first time in front of the camera was for a Soda Pop Girls commercial - it's one of those Bratz dolls, Barbie dolls, one of those. — My first modeling job was Gap, and my first time in front of the camera was for a Soda Pop Girls commercial – it’s one of those Bratz dolls, Barbie dolls, one of those.

“I haven’t even graduated from high school yet – and I’ve realized in the last four years, with all the travelling I’ve done and all of the movies I’ve made, that the world is my classroom. I’ve experienced things I don’t know you can necessarily get from reading a history book.”
Hailee Steinfeld

“I love to hang out with my friends and go to the movies. My mom and I are involved in the Mother/Daughter Organization – national charity work. Whenever I get free time, we volunteer. It’s an organization so mothers and daughters can spend time together while volunteering.”
Hailee Steinfeld

I feel like if you see five films not knowing who made them, you know which one is the Coen Brothers.

“I find that with period pieces, you’re sort of able to really take advantage of what’s around you because prop-wise, wardrobe-wise and location-wise, it’s all so specific due to that time.”
Hailee Steinfeld

“I think having not only personal connections with friends and family I’m able to pull from, but having a connection with so many people through social media, it also feels like I have a relationship with those people that follow me. And feel that what I’m going through, they’ve gone through something similar, and that’s why we’ve connected. And they’re the ones that make it into that body of work that represents them or that time in their life, because we’ve found each other.”
Hailee Steinfeld

“To be recognized for your hard work is a true honor. An Academy Award nomination is one thing that, five years later, I can’t form a sentence about. It has not made me feel like I can work any less hard. It makes me feel like I have to work 100 times as hard, to even be as remotely good, to work through an experience that could take me through that again.”
Hailee Steinfeld

“I do have an incredible relationship with my parents, and my mom, who I go to for absolutely everything, thank the lord. If I didn’t, I don’t know what I would do. But I guess, I think we all have those moments where we feel like we’re so alone and have no one to go to.”
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