Any mature, responsible adult doesn’t run around stomping their feet and screaming ‘I’m a mature, responsible, adult.’ – Debby Ryan
I work with kids, and I see certain things, so I realize now why my mother was so horrified and overprotective of everything that I watched. – Debby Ryan
Look at what you want to change, gather a few people who believe in it like you do, and start moving forward. It’s important to remember that you don’t always need a destination. Sometimes, you just have to make forward motion. And you absolutely can. – Debby Ryan
Before the whole Disney realm had undergone this huge revamping, as a kid, I always saw myself doing these dramatic indie parts. And then I fell in love with doing comedy and doing kid shows and really working for kids. – Debby Ryan
When you’re in an industry where you’re forced to grow up so quickly, part of you never grows up, and that’s a good thing. – Debby Ryan
All of the awards, applause, Twitter followers, shoes, it will all go away eventually. But if I can leave the world slightly more hopeful, inspired, and more healed than when I arrived, I did my job. – Debby Ryan
I want in 40 years to still be acting and to more than anything have longevity and not just be this huge flash in the pan and then disappear. – Debby Ryan
With ‘Suite Life,’ I had three years to sit a little bit on the back burner and learn with less pressure. – Debby Ryan
I can look back at things I’ve done and said and worn and be completely humiliated by them, but I can never say it wasn’t me. I feel really honored to say that. – Debby Ryan
I was raised to volunteer: nursing homes, clinics, church nurseries, school, everywhere that could use help. It’s such an intrinsic part of me, to use my life to help improve the quality of others. – Debby Ryan
Every Thanksgiving, we all write down three things we’re thankful for and put them in a hat. Then we pass the hat around the dinner table and everyone has to guess who wrote what! – Debby Ryan
I grew up moving around. I went to seven different schools, so I know what it’s like to be that new girl and have to not only know who you are but also take that into foreign circumstances and know how to respond. – Debby Ryan
I’m definitely careful. I’m not reckless or stupid, but that’s how I was raised, to not be stupid or immature in as far as trying to grow up too quickly or putting forward a certain image that isn’t me. – Debby Ryan
I believe that people start to get into trouble when they start to believe their own hype. – Debby Ryan
I think what’s great about your community is that it’s different than anyone else’s. Look around. What do you want to change? What needs to be built, or what’s valuable and needs to be maintained? Is it the people? Local animals? Your parks or gardens? Hospitals? – Debby Ryan
I went to school on a military base in Germany. I got a lot of my clothes at the army surplus store. – Debby Ryan
Think new thoughts. Grab life with both hands, take opportunities you have, & create the ones you need. – Debby Ryan
I didn’t grow up in one place, so I never had a certain mentality. I have some aspects of growing up in Texas, but I also have a lot of East Coast family. I would have loved to grow up on the East Coast. – Debby Ryan
The easiest way to not believe your own hype is to not know what people are saying about you. – Debby Ryan
