I love fantasy. I love thrillers. I love action. I'm all over the place. As long as the story and characters are good, I'll love it. Julianne Hough More Quotes by Julianne Hough More Quotes From Julianne Hough So I hope to stretch my acting skills. I got to a point in my dancing where I felt like I did so much hard work and I achieved a lot of great things, and I wanted to try something else and put that same kind of commitment that I did into my dancing into something that I was also passionate about. I had so many opportunities with my dance and now I'm just excited to get better as an actress. Julianne Hough hard-work opportunity commitment I definitely am the kind of person that fluctuates up and down. I work really hard for a certain project and then I'm like, 'Oh, I'm done.' Julianne Hough projects kind done It's more about balance for me. I used to be an all or nothing person. And now I would rather have a lifestyle change - rather than use the word 'diet' - where 90 percent of the time spend my life that way and 10 percent of the time have fun and do what my body feels like it needs or craves. Julianne Hough balance fun needs I love chips and salsa. Guacamole. Julianne Hough guacamole chips salsa Take your time. Some of these fad diets and quick fixes, they might be quick, but you're going to crash and burn. Julianne Hough fad-diets fads might Everybody loves music and it's fun - you feel like you're not working out. It makes the time go by quick and you're having fun and, especially if you take a class, there's the energy of other people and you're laughing. Julianne Hough class fun people Even if you're a guy and you don't believe in dancing, you should try dance cardio. It's really fun! Julianne Hough dancing fun believe What I really like to do, especially because we're all busy so sometimes you forget to do something, I always keep wrist weights with me. If I just put them on throughout the day, then I'll just be doing stuff and it's kind of just toning without me doing anything. Sometimes that's just my little trick. I have ankle weights and wrist weights and I just keep them with me at all times. Julianne Hough ankles weight littles Dancing is so great because there are all the little details, and the little movements, and the little muscles that are working without you even realizing. Julianne Hough details movement dancing I am not dogging on non-melodic pop music because I love it, but I am saying that is why the timeless songs are still here. It's because of the melody. As far as what shouldn't be brought back, the high-waisted bikini bottoms. Julianne Hough timeless bikinis song Sometimes you have to think about what you're going to say, in real life, so when you see that thought process going on in a movie, it feels real and looks real. Julianne Hough real-life real thinking I've been acting my whole life, which people don't realize. I just haven't had the opportunities that I've had with my dancing. Julianne Hough dancing opportunity people I started out dancing on a reality TV show, but always with the intention of making my way over to film. I transitioned into the film world by doing certain things that my fans had been used to seeing me do. My dancing and singing gave me the confidence to act. Julianne Hough tv-shows dancing reality Utah is so wonderful. My greatest memories of Utah are of always being outdoors. It's a very athletic environment that I think gave me a lot of drive to be fit and live well. Julianne Hough utah memories thinking The thing that I loved about growing up Mormon is that I had morals and standards instilled in me as a kid - like, you need to be a nice person, and a thoughtful person, and if anybody is trying to dog that, then I think that's rude. Julianne Hough growing-up nice dog I may not be as active in it as some people are, but I think that the church has taught me great life lessons. Julianne Hough life-lesson people thinking I always tweet about where we're at. Since I'm performing at amphitheaters, I'll try to run up and down the stairs and across the field. Julianne Hough fields running trying I'm a huge fan of just keeping a healthy lifestyle. For your body but for your mind, also. Julianne Hough healthy fans mind My favorite way to dance is being swept off my feet by somebody who doesn't know how to dance. Julianne Hough my-favorite I realized that carbs are often talked about in a negative context, like, "Carbs make me fat or bloated." But I think for me, I have to have some sort of carb, whether it's rice or pasta or bread or whatever it is, and not big amounts, but I do need carbs because it makes my brain click on. Julianne Hough pasta brain thinking