I moved when I was 16. I had no clue what to expect in moving to L.A. I had no clue, really, about what acting was. I just knew that I wanted to do it. Haley Lu Richardson More Quotes by Haley Lu Richardson More Quotes From Haley Lu Richardson When I was 16, my friends and I were all starting to think about what we were going to do with our lives, and I started picturing myself majoring in dance at college traveling around with a contemporary dance company, and it didn't excite me as I thought it would all those years. I was just thinking about the things that I loved most about dance, which was entertaining and telling a story, and that's when I kind of opened my eyes again to acting. Haley Lu Richardson eye college thinking Dance is so prominent, now more than it's been before, but I still feel like there's this void that needs to be filled that tells the story of a contemporary dancer who is in a company - I don't know, just that's my dream to do that. Haley Lu Richardson void dancer dream I was always sort of a ham as a kid, just always wanting to entertain and to get people to laugh. Haley Lu Richardson laughing kids people My biggest dream is to be able to be in a movie or some great TV show where I get to dance, and it's about a contemporary dancer of some kind. Haley Lu Richardson dancer tv-shows dream I love how much dance is sneaking its way back into society. Haley Lu Richardson way I was always the smallest role in community theater and school plays. I always had two lines - I was the kid that came on stage and said one thing and then left, and that was my part for the play. Haley Lu Richardson always community play school I had a stunt double for 'The Bronze.' She's literally the most amazing human being I've ever seen. She's NCAA women's gymnastics champion. She was incredible. I would poke her thighs, and my nail would break because it was like poking a rock. Haley Lu Richardson human-being amazing champion women My head is in the game! Like 'High School Musical' taught me. I know what I want, and I know, too, now that you take your craft seriously, but you don't have to take yourself seriously. Haley Lu Richardson yourself game me you A lot of people get stereotyped into roles just from how they look, and I have played such a variety of characters. Haley Lu Richardson how just look people I'm lucky because I had blonde hair for a while for this TV show I was doing - they had me dye my hair blonde - and every audition I was going out for was bleach blonde. The mean girl, the pretty girlfriend, and the dumb cheerleader. Haley Lu Richardson me girl dumb hair