Explore Quotes by Nikki Reed

Being an actor, you have to be working even when you're not working. You never really get to relax because anytime you're relaxing in between jobs, you're just worried that you're not going to get another job.

I'm really diligent; I have a really militant side of my personality that comes out in areas of work. I'm very motivated, you know?

My older brother's really good at making fun of me for just being a workaholic and never taking time for myself. Even when we go on vacation, I'm always working.

For the most part, I try to stay away from high fructose corn syrup and citric acid.

I grew up in a very relaxed environment in one sense, without many rules. My mother had a problem knowing where to draw the line, which caused a chaotic and hectic home life. A lot of people took advantage of my mom.

If I told you how many times guys on set get spray muscles... men need to realize that they don't need to live up to what they think they need to live up to!

I don't know if I'm supposed to say this, but probably not... I was a really cynical child.

I love wearing things that come with a story.

My mom and I built a guest house on my property so that my mom could help me fostering animals. I do multiple fosters a month.

Everyone in my family has some kind of artistic tendency. My great grandmother was a jewelry designer, and her daughter was a ceramic tile muralist.

I'm really into the Tom Ford lipsticks. I was always afraid to wear lip color because I thought it made me look too masculine, but my makeup artist Fiona Stiles got me into wearing coral, orange-y colors from his line, and now I wear lipstick all of the time.

I think for women especially, writing and creating your own role, producing, directing - having some control over what you do is really important. We can pave the way for other women to send what messages they want sent.

If I had more confidence, I would rock a crop top.

My goal is to play characters that I feel I can contribute to and also ones I can contribute back to my life.

When I'm challenged, I grow. I never want to be in a situation where I'm not challenged and not afraid. One of my favorite feelings is stepping into a film and knowing that I'm a little bit afraid of what I have to accomplish.

I play characters that are pretty; I play characters that are sort of intimidating and confident, but that doesn't necessarily mean that I'm that.

I didn't have any media training - I didn't have anybody but myself.

My name is not big enough for people to go, 'Let me throw money at you because you're so famous!'

I love writing. I feel more connected to that than I do a lot of the other things.

In Hollywood, no one is happy with who they are. When they're young, they want to look older. When they're older, they're getting botox shot in their face to look younger.

Animals, until you have kids of your own, animals are your kids.