Vanessa Hudgens Quotes

If you have your eye set on somebody, don't beat around the bush.

At a certain age your parents seem like the most embarrassing thing on the whole entire planet, and you want to be nowhere near them. But at the end of the day, you know that you can't literally do anything without them. You love your parents through and through, and they love you probably even more than you could ever imagine until you're a parent yourself.

I think I'd make a pretty good girlfriend.

When you're putting good stuff into your body, you feel so much better.

Power to the peaceful.

The second I met Zac, I thought he was a really cool guy. It's hard not to have chemistry with someone who is so attractive.

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

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

I'm becoming more adventurous.

Do not just look at your boyfriend as just a boyfriend. Look at him as a friend, too.

I may have had a crush on Zac, but we are like brother and sister, so nothing would ever happen.

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.

When you get to sing with someone you care about, it's magical.

It's just about keeping people who are close to me, near. It's important to have people around who love themselves, are true to themselves, who have their own hobbies and their world doesn't revolve around Hollywood.

My style is boho chic. I love that time period - the patterns, the prints, the people, the music, the vibe.

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

I am human like everyone else. I am aware that there are people who look up to me. When mistakes are made, they aren't intentional, and I constantly push myself to be a better person.

I like someone who's not afraid to be a kid!

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

I'm really an outdoorsy girl. People think I can't go anywhere without getting all primped up, but I love to go camping, and I'm totally fine with not doing my hair or makeup, not taking a shower and just hiking.

I have a toy poodle, Shadow. She's a little whippersnapper! And I love little monkeys.

A good amount of the guys wanted to date me. Even older guys looking at me. It took some getting used to.

I'd like to win an Oscar.

I love Cameron Diaz, and I love Drew Barrymore.

You have a choice whether you want to be happy or not. I choose to be happy.

I relate to all of my songs and I'm inspired by everything going on around me. Music comes from all different aspects of my life.

I've always had problems with guys!

I have three closets in my bedroom.

Working for with someone who has no idea what they wanted ... it would just be so all over the place, especially with something on this scale. You have to know what you want with this.

My first real kiss came when I was 10, and it was in an acting class. I had to do a scene from a movie where someone gets kissed under a tree, and I did not want to do it! But my acting partner wanted me to feel comfortable, so he bought a picnic basket with all these snacks. He made such an effort - and it was cute.

I had a gypsy upbringing, so I moved around all over the place and can't remember a street I grew up on.

Touring is tough. You're almost in a haze because you don't really know where you are half the time: You're in a hotel room one moment, and the next thing you know, you're onstage performing for 60,000 people, then you're back on an airplane. It's very hectic and I couldn't do it without my family.

I love funky styles. Not preppy or rock, just funky!

Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.

If people don't like me for whatever I do, for being me, then that's too bad. I don't want to change to be something that I'm not for other people to like me.

Long-distance relationships are hard no matter what. When you don't have face-to-face time, it's just different.

My passion is doing movies, so as long as I keep doing that I will be happy.

We all have the same needs. So it's immoral to make snap judgments about people.

Once I turned 13, I was the guy magnet.

If you're always worried about being on your phone, then you really are missing out on everything that's happening in front of you.

I want to go to Morocco really bad.

When I was younger, I used to be super, super shy. I still find myself being scared of things.

I always used to watch 'Labyrinth' and 'The Neverending Story.' Those were like my two favorite movies that I would watch over and over and over again.

If you have paparazzi, you know you've gotten somewhere.

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

Just recently Ive learned to be okay with myself without wearing makeup. I think it was a special someone telling me that I didnt need it. I started taking care of my skin and realized I didnt need as much as I thought I did.

It's important, too, for people to see that it only takes one person to have faith in you, to care about you, to make you feel changed. We should all help each other out and give love to everyone as much as possible.

I was self-conscious of what I would call my "tree-trunk legs" because they are very muscular ... but now I've learned to love them.

I just want to do everything. As broad as that seems, it's kind of the plan. There are so many different genres out there to do, so many different characters to play, so many different amazing actors and directors to work with. I'm just following my gut, and if it's speaking to me, then I'm doing it.

I love what I do and I am surrounded by some incredible people.

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

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.

I love a guy who can make me laugh.

I used to go to Cold Stone Creamery, get a tub of Butterfinger ice cream, and eat it all before bedtime. And my fingers were permanently stained orange from Cheetos.

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

I feel like acting is something I've been working towards longer. And it would be great to win a Grammy, of course, but for some reason, an Oscar speaks more to me.

I want to try doing sportier things, kite surfing and paddle surfing - I think it would give me that extra confidence.

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.

So many people try to grow up too fast, and it's not fun! You should stay a kid as long as possible!

I did ask Matt Damon for his autograph - and I got a picture, too!

Movies and acting are so much fun. I love playing different characters and doing different genres. It's all still very interesting to me.

I took piano lessons when I was younger and I've been trying to learn how to play the guitar recently. I'd really like to learn how to play the drums. They're a lot of fun and they require a lot of focus.

Being cool is being your own self, not doing something that someone else is telling you to do.

I feel like women have an easier time separating from their characters than men do.

Exercise is amazing, from the inside out. I feel so alive and have more energy.

I feel completely safe in my house but all my friends are scared for me. And of course I can tell my parents panic a little. The best thing about living alone is being able to have my friends come over whenever.

I love and really respect strong women. I'm obsessed with Scarlett Johansson and Drew Barrymore and Penelope Cruz. They are just really incredibly strong-willed, intelligent females in the industry.

I was actually home-schooled, so I never had the opportunity of going to prom. No-one invited me, I didn't have a good friend at the time, that's why High School Musical's been so much fun for me because I got to experience my prom through it. There were amazing friends and I got to wear really cool dresses. It was a fantasy.

I want to let my fans get to know a little about me. I'm very thankful for everything they've done for me so, of course, I'm going to let them into my world a bit. But I really am a very private person, and I love kepping my life to myself - that's how I've always been.

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.

I feel like I've been fortunate enough that I've gotten to meet and work with some really passionate people.

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.

I feel like a lot of people think of Hollywood as being fake, but it's only perceived that way because it takes 10 people to make someone look the way that they do. In reality, they're there because they are doing what they're passionate about.

My heart is closer to acting than singing. It's always been that way.

I've always wanted to play Maria in West Side Story. My idol is Natalie Wood, and I love the movie, so I think a modern-day twist on it would be really neat.

You'll always have to fight for what you want. Definitely crossing over and being able to tackle these grittier parts was a challenge, but I feel like I've done it! It's a whole new chapter.

I love doing theater. That's where my home is.

That's actually how my parents met. They were pen pals. My mom was in the Philippines and my father was in the States, and they wrote to each other. He went out to meet her, and they wed not too long after.

I love finding things that scare me and doing them. That's how you grow.