Vanessa Quotes

I hope by the time I'm 30 to have a husband and maybe a baby.

Sometimes the very thing you're looking for is the one thing you cannot see.

I think the theatre is as essential to civilization as safe, pure water.

The only thing you can do through all the scrutiny and just in life in general is be true to yourself.

You can't be a kid in show business. You will not survive.

The only thing I want to say is, I know I'm not Einstein, but I'm not the queen of the imbeciles either.

I guess I'm one of those girls who can be too honest about things for my own good, but I expect it back. I expect people to be honest and blunt with me, too.

I'm not perfect, but I'm focused when I have a goal.

The arts stop society going rotten and mad.

If your heart is in love, you can do anything.

I don't believe you can say 'forever'; I don't believe it exists.

Women are the real superheroes because they're not just working. They have a life and everything.

Theater and poetry were what helped people stay alive and want to go on living.

Salsa is a phenomenal way to stay fit, have a great time with your friends and listen to great music.

Love breaks your heart, love takes no less than everything. Love makes it hard, and it fades away so easily.

I feel like the spirit of the butterfly transferred itself to me.

I don't have the recipe for happiness, but I think the engine is simply having the desire.

I love children. They're so much fun and I would have a blast spoiling them.

I just love expanding my horizons and growing as an artist. The only way you get to do that is by doing something that scares you or takes you out of your comfort zone.

Food can become such a point of anxiety - not because it's food, but just because you have anxiety. That's how eating disorders develop.

Lipgloss is my calling!

Work hard and follow your dreams, but never forget where you came from.

People are always going to say stuff about you and there are always going to be crazy rumours out there, but as long as you know the truth, you're fine.

It amuses me when I'm described as 'chic.'

Ghost stories really scare me. I have such a big imagination that after I watch a horror movie like 'The Grudge', I look in the corners of my room for the next two days.

The idea of a soulmate is beautiful and very romantic to talk about it in a movie or a song, but in reality, I find it scary.

Well, I'm stubborn and wrong, but at least I know it.

Success is the sweetest revenge.

I don't have famous neighbours and if I did, I'd avoid them. I don't live the jet-set.

If you have the support of people with a heart and a brain, then you're good.

I eat whatever I want, junk food included.

I've had many nicknames over the years: V, Nessa, Nessy Poo, Nessy Bear and Van. Only my parents call me Van, though, and I hate it. I get embarrassed.

When I started to record, I could sing in pitch, but that was maybe about it.

Love starts with a gut feeling, but that gut feeling better be nourished.

I understand those who don't like me.

I like egg white omelets with veggies, or oatmeal with almonds and fruit.

I don't like being stagnant. I want to continue to grow and just be better at what I do, and the only way to do that is to keep stepping outside of your comfort zone.

The dinner table is a lively debate, and everybody weighs in in a different way. I like that, though.

I'm not very experienced with boys or the whole dating thingy.

As long as you're fully present in what you're doing at the moment, you're doing it.

Theater helps people keep sane.

If I deny myself something, I just get resentful, so what's the point?

One of the joys of cinema is that, given the right circumstances, and the genius director, an incredibly wonderfully actor can become the embodiment of his character.

I get to go to all these beautiful places, so it's nice being able to take pictures of it.

Good boys are nice - don't go for the bad ones!

The women who don't feel that people think they're sexy are the ones who seem to titillate in that way, because they don't feel like they're getting that kind of approval.

I'm not the same girl I was five years ago. Hopefully, with the choices I'm making people will start to see that I'm not just little Gabriella.

That external struggle mirrors the struggle of this life force of energy that [princess Margaret] was.

Youth is a question of energy.

My advice to kids is give it your all! Give it 110% and don't give up!