Shailene Woodley Quotes

I'd like to be like a hummingbird. You see them every now and then. You don't see them everywhere.

I think the future of food is in insects.

Worry is the product of a future that we cannot guarantee and guilt is the product of a past we cannot change.

Everything is out of your control, and you can only be truthful about how you feel.

I'm done living for other people. I'm done being a people pleaser. I'm done thinking about what people think about me.

Every single morning you wake up with the opportunity to be yourself, or be the idea of someone else. For me it is all about... my favourite mantra is: "You do you. I do me. They do they."

Every single character in the world, every creature in the world has something to give and something to learn.

My religion is the Earth, man. I believe in trees.

I'll never, ever think of myself as famous, even if I ever get to the point of George Clooney... because I Think you might go crazy if you start reffering to yourself in those terms.

Have you thanked your body today? Be grateful, stay positive.

The thing with labels is they're not for you, they're for other people. Like labels are just a word for other people to understand you and that's it.

Clay is one of the best things you can put in your body.

For me, acting is about the art of it and it's about being on a film set and doing your thing, painting a blank canvas.

I like to think of myself as a fairly educated human being, but I'm a very uneducated actor when it comes to movies, directors, producers, actors for that matter.

I'm not really fond of the trails left in the sky and a lot of chemicals that are being pumped through factories and even in the clothes we wear.

A great actor is simply just seeing him or herself, and reacting to what exists around them.

When it comes down to it, I'm just a girl who wears those five-finger weird toe shoes.

I'd always wanted to do a film than TV show because film is always where my heart has been. I like diving into the character for a few months, and then leaving it behind. I love the idea of that.

In order to help those around you, and in order to even be a good actress and a good mother at the same time, you have to know your worth.

Every family is dysfunctional, whether you want to admit it or not.

I choose to surround myself with happy human beings. I went through the angsty period. I think every single person does. I think it's a rite of passage to hate the world and feel like the victim.

I had never been to Hawaii, and now I say that my body is from L.A. but my heart is from Hawaii, because I'm in love with it and it's home on every level, from a spiritual, soulful place.

I think you get the most honest performances when an actor shows up to set with their lines memorized. That's a very important thing that a lot of people seem to forget.

I'm always like 'I'm too skinny, I can't gain weight, even when I try.' I'd like to try to not let that get to me.

I live my life with a lot of integrity based on what I want for my life and who I am.

My only real insecurities in high school were having such long legs and thick hair — things I’m so very grateful for now.

When it comes to sexuality, sensuality, self-representation, self-nurturance - America fails in those departments.

I definitely live for the small moments and the big moments.

If I'm passionate about something, I'll do everything I can to be a part of it.

It's hard to talk about politics in a Hollywood world.

Every single journey that I've embarked on, I've learned something new.

I want to see and taste and experience it all, I am curious by nature. I would actually really love to go to New Zealand.

For me, my rule in this industry is I've got to listen to my butterflies. So if I got butterflies, then those are the scripts I go after.

The day the process of acting becomes something that I dread is the end. Obviously, why would you do something that you hate? I won't do that.

I always find it fun to read a script and then find the messages in the script because I believe every story has them.

Everything that I own and use are in a carry-on suitcase.

I think there is a point in every teenager's life where they are forced to come into themselves.

I'm already the most fortunate girl in the world, so I have zero expectations for what the future will bring.

I haven't had time to think about a relationship! I literally have not had a boyfriend in almost five years. I've never even hooked up with anybody I've worked on a movie with.

My favorite movies are movies that I go in and I leave deeply affected. Whether I laugh really hard or whether I cry really hard, I just want to feel really affected in that moment.

So often, I read scripts and am like, 'This would never happen in real life. It's not trying to be funny. It's trying to be serious.

I love arguing. I always say that I'll never win a physical battle, but I can always win a mental battle. I mean, not really, because I never really argue with anyone.

George Clooney sort of lost his 'George Clooney-ness' the first day I met him. He's not George Clooney in my eyes - he's George from Kentucky with an awesome, awesome heart.

I love playing darker roles, or roles with meat. I feel very comfortable in that environment. I don't know why. I don't know what that says about me. I really enjoy doing complicated characters.

Do you guys have any raw garlic?

I only shampoo [my hair] once a month.

There aren't a lot of films about adolescents or quote-unquote coming-of-age films that are realistic nowadays.

Nothing really attracts me to the film industry, to be perfectly honest. I look at acting as an art, and that's all it is for me. It's just fun.

I think every teenager goes through their angst. People who are like, 'No, I had a perfect adolescence,' make me wonder how that is possible.

This earth is exciting. There are so many things happening.