Once I realized that the only thing I can actually control in this life is my own mind, how I choose to react, feel, and perceive, I felt immediately liberated.

Nikki Reed

Categorized in : Mind Life Is This Life

With girls, friendships are hard because you have to learn to get to a maturity level to love them but not want to be them.

maturity levels girl

I think so many young girls get caught up in the challenge of being with somebody who's dangerous, who's bad, who's enticing, who's all of those things, and you forget what it's like to enjoy simple love.

girl simple thinking

I just wrapped 'Eclipse' yesterday and the last scene we shot is probably my favorite thus far. I finally got to tell my story, in a very gentle yet elaborate way.

stories yesterday way

Having people wait outside of my house sort of gives me a panic attack. I'm a believer in the concept that people should not be followed and photographed everywhere.

house giving people

If I can have the opportunity to go into an editing room, it's like the golden ticket for me. All I want is to learn about everything else in the filmmaking process. I just directed a music video which just came out and that'd sort of be the area of the field that I'm going to move into, I hope.

movie opportunity moving

In middle school, we are all so damn insecure. It was the worst time for me, really destructive, like slapping myself across the face but loving it. Now I have to be an adult and change myself. I have to be a bigger person.

insecure adults school

Junior high is so much worse than high school because at least in high school different is more accepted, celebrated actually: all the girls with blue hair and gothic Hello Kitty backpacks.

girl hair school

Before 'Twilight,' occasionally I would get the 'Hey are you that girl from that movie?' but no one knew my first and last name. The fans of the saga are amazing, and it's very flattering.

girl twilight names

My mom can't defend herself to the world. She is such an amazing woman, with such an open heart. It's a real hard line, and I crossed it. I took everyone's life story and assumed it would be a great thing to put on screen. I was being selfish and I feel so horrible about it. I feel so guilty.

selfish mom real

Tina Fey could run this country before Sarah Palin could! by Nikki Reed

Tina Fey could run this country before Sarah Palin could!

fey running country

I learned how to change a cloth diaper on a raccoon, i was maybe... by Nikki Reed

I learned how to change a cloth diaper on a raccoon, i was maybe 8 or 9.

raccoons diapers change

I had a great time making the last movie, 'Eclipse.' We shot my back-story stuff from the 1930's. But I was waiting for 'Breaking Dawn' because I love the relationship Rosalie has with Jacob and the rest of her family and Bella. She also provides comic relief.

relief dawn waiting

I don't want any special powers. I'm powerless. I wouldn't want to see into the future, I wouldn't want to know what anyone was thinking, ever! And I don't want to relive my past.

special past thinking

I enjoy feeling physically strong, so maybe I'd like to be able to lift a building and launch it at someone.

able strong feelings

My little brother is autistic, so I would love to be involved in a charity for autism, but I haven't found the right one yet.

autism charity brother

I have friends come over and we read plays out loud and I make paintings and I just do things all the time just so I don't ever feel like I'm sitting around.

painting sitting play

There is still so much drama in my life, but I'm not a sad person... by Nikki Reed

There is still so much drama in my life, but I'm not a sad person anymore.

person my-life sad life

I like for jewelry to tell a story and to be able to talk about what I'm wearing. That's more important to me than a name, brand, or label.

name me jewelry important

For the most part, I try to stay away from high fructose corn syr... by Nikki Reed

For the most part, I try to stay away from high fructose corn syrup and citric acid.

away stay high try

I kind of went through a rough period. I could have kept going down that road and then off the cliff and into the ocean.

road down through ocean