Mandy Moore Quotes - Page 5

It's important to get well-rounded right off the bat. A lot of experienced dancers can get pigeonholed into one thing. I've been hired for a lot of different gigs simply because I can do a lot of different things with different levels of dancers. And it's sad to me that some dancers don't do more.

Growing up in the public eye was really tough. When you're 14 and your body is changing, your life is changing, and people are watching every step you make, it's really hard to deal with. But I was pretty lucky, people didn't watch me that closely.

Why do I, Mandy Moore, get a record deal?

When I started out in the industry I was 14 and a beanpole, but over the last few years I've grown. For the most part I feel pretty OK with how I look. I know I'm different from the typical Hollywood ideal of what is beautiful. But quite frankly I don't think that's attainable, and I'm happy to represent something different.

Pneumonia is a disease that often flies under the radar of not just the public but even the global health community. It kills more children under 5 years old every year than AIDS, malaria, and measles combined.

The actual producing, mixing, and mastering is hard work, harder than what I do.

I love music and I guess I have less expectations or pressure to kind of put on myself because the music hasn't been some huge sensation.

I love looking through magazines, and you know, I love getting dressed up to go to events and stuff.

I tend to be really competitive when it comes to Scattergories.

I just don't want to be known as the actress who can sing. I want to be known as the singer who can act, too. It's great cross-promotion.

I was happy to kind of always scoot under the radar.

As an Ambassador for PSI and a supporter of Nothing But Nets, I have met individuals around the world who are lending their ideas, their voices, and their time to improve their communities and the world at large. And there are millions more that I have not met.

I like older boys, but they think, 'She's underage.' I'd love to have somebody in mind when I sing.

I'm lucky to attribute my success to the foundation my family gave me. I've always felt grounded in them.

I've had the opportunity to play the drug dealer who gets gang-raped, and I'm like, "For what reason? Doing it just to do it? To just show people that I can be sexy or dark?" I don't want to do something just to make that point. It needs to happen organically, and I'm really confident it will. I'm a pretty patient person, and I'll wait until we find the right stuff.

I want to go to college to study journalism. I want to speak French fluently, to travel. My mom was a journalist and it's in my blood.