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 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 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 expect just acting moving 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