It's always been important to me to do work that I'm proud of and be part of stories that I'm proud of, so being on a popular show was never really the goal.

Shannon Purser

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My existence in Hollywood is a political statement, because there are so few women who are plus-sized or above a size 6.

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I was always taller than every other boy my age. So, whenever there was one boy who was taller than me I was like, 'Yes. He's the one.' Even if he definitely wasn't.

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I feel like, especially in Hollywood, you meet people with ulterior motives, who are trying to get something from you.

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I think we take our friends for granted a lot in high school. We're so busy worrying about our own problems that we ignore the fact that we have these people who are supporting us and taking care of us like all the time.

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People will send me pictures of T-shirts with my face on it and it's nothing that I ever would've imagined in a million years as a kid.

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There's this book that I love called 'Eleanor & Park.' It's an incredible story about these two misfit kids who fall in love. I've loved that book for years and I'd be so thrilled if I got to be in an adaptation of that.

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