I love Cate Blanchett. She’s extremely classy and has this knack for taking on roles and being very, very strong, but also embedding vulnerability. She has this relatable quality. I like the path she chose. – Ashley Greene
But I don’t do the diet thing anymore. I’m a big believer in feeding your body what it needs. Deny yourself something and you’re going to end up shoving your face full of it. – Ashley Greene
Plenty of Disney kids are perfectly normal and love what they do. But you always hear about the people who aren’t doing well. It’s kind of like the squeaky wheel. – Ashley Greene
I work with a charity called Donate My Dress. It’s got chapters all over the country where you can donate special-occasion dresses. Prom is a big deal when you’re 15 years old, and it enables girls who don’t have the money to come in and choose something special. – Ashley Greene
I hate jealous guys! Everyone can be jealous. We all have that in us. Push the demon down or it’s going to drive the other person away. – Ashley Greene
I’m lucky because my dad taught me to be frugal and save. And that’s important because I want to know that I don’t have to take an acting job for two or three years if I don’t want to and that I’ll still be able to make my house and car payments and buy food for my dogs. – Ashley Greene
Yeah, I get to fight in ‘Eclipse.’ My trainer is teaching me MMA right now. So. Cool. – Ashley Greene
I’ve gotten very good at detaching whenever I have to go away for three months, which I realize is hard on friends and kind of selfish. – Ashley Greene
When I was growing up, I cheered and danced and ran and stuff like that. I’m probably thinner now than I was in high school. I had a lot of muscle – a lot of muscle in high school. – Ashley Greene
I am certainly not perfect. I don’t think you should try to be perfect for anyone. When you come to terms with that, then you’re OK. – Ashley Greene
I want to play a role of a 24-year-old woman, not 17-year-old girls. So I have picked a couple of films like ‘Butter’ to show that. And it’s perfectly fine not to do anything for a year if I don’t find the right thing. – Ashley Greene
I went to a public high school with a magnet program for law and psychology. But right before my junior year, I decided that I wanted to leave and become an actress, so I graduated early and moved out to L.A. – Ashley Greene
I was working at a restaurant, I booked the role in ‘Twilight,’ put in my two weeks’ notice, got fitted, flew to Portland, filmed, and then it started getting hype. That helped me get my foot into certain doors before the movie even came out. – Ashley Greene
I think it’s better that life is kind of like a mystery, I think that’s what drives us. – Ashley Greene
I focus on having a feminine body, a dancer’s body. I do resistance and dance and cardio. I like hiking, swimming, being active. It clears your mind and it’s a good way to decompress. – Ashley Greene
You know, my brother won’t walk out of a restaurant with me anymore because he doesn’t want to be linked to me as my new ‘mystery man.’ Same with my close guy friends. – Ashley Greene
I wanted to be a lawyer. I realized I don’t really want to be a lawyer. I want to play a lawyer. Thank God I figured that out. – Ashley Greene
Growing up my whole life, my mom was telling me how incredible and special I was and that I was going to change the world. I think it’s important for girls to know that they can change the world, that they do have an impact. – Ashley Greene
I’m independent. If a guy is too clingy or needy, I actually get afraid of hurting him – and I can’t deal with that. – Ashley Greene
I don’t have anything saying, ‘I’m going to do this many new films, and this many comedies.’ But, it’s always exciting for me, whenever it is a new character and something I haven’t done before, and that’s part of what draws me to it. – Ashley Greene
I really would love to do a piece like Julia Roberts or Charlize Theron in ‘Erin Brockovich’ or ‘North Country.’ They were both so amazing and so inspiring. I would love to touch someone in the way their performances touched me. – Ashley Greene
When I was a kid I did marshal arts, and then I did all-star crazy competitive cheer and dance, and then I swam so I was very muscular. You know, healthy, but not quite as thin as I am. – Ashley Greene
I’m a bit of a workaholic. When I feel like I’m not doing something, it drives me insane. – Ashley Greene
When I was 15, I worked at a dry cleaner because I wanted Abercrombie & Fitch jeans. My mom told me I could have $20 jeans, not $70 jeans, unless I was willing to work for them. So I did! – Ashley Greene
Don’t throw petals on the floor if they have no meaning. I would rather have a fun, casual relationship than have someone pretending they’re completely in love with me. – Ashley Greene
Acting is a smaller piece in a big puzzle. There are charity things I want to immerse myself in and want to have the time to go and give back to people who don’t have the opportunities I have. It’s a very important thing to me. – Ashley Greene
I just finished ‘Butter’ for Weinstein, a comedy with this incredible cast – Hugh Jackman, Olivia Wilde, Alicia Silverstone – all-star cast and it was a fun set to be on. I’ve gotten really lucky to get all these down-to-earth cast members. ‘Butter’ is about butter carving in Iowa. – Ashley Greene
As an actor you want people to know you and there are times you want your pictures taken, but it’s unnerving to walk out of a venue with friends and there are 20 people flashing lights in your face. Do you know how bright those lights are? – Ashley Greene
