People are so terrified of other people. I see it in my generation a lot. There's so much anxiety and angst, and the pressure just keeps getting worse.
— Selena Gomez
You can't shut down. You can't say, 'What can I do to make this go away?' You have to let it be painful and get through it. Every day gets better. Because when you're in love, you kind of give everything and make that person your life. So every day, you get more and more of yourself back, and it feels better.
I did gain weight, but I don't care.
Acting is something I work really, really hard on that I throw myself into a situation where I do work 18 hours a day. And I do hope to see longevity.
I have my moments of insecurity and figuring out what's going on and what I'm supposed to do, but if you don't push yourself, you're not growing, so where do you go?
I would try to promote something that I loved, and the entire interview would be about my personal life. I would leave a room feeling defeated, feeling embarrassed, but I would always make sure to put that smile on my face because I wasn't going to let them get to me.
I try to be professional; I try to be on time. I don't take anything I have for granted. That's my definition of success.
I have a weakness for anything savory or bad guys. Bad boys.
I love getting scared. I find myself putting myself in situations like haunted houses or going to a haunted hospital for my birthday. Yes, I've actually done that.
I am Christian, and I was very vocal about that at first until people started using it against me. Now I've learned to keep it to myself. I don't think it has anything to do with my job or how present myself. I feel like it got really twisted.
I'm not perfect. I make mistakes.
I like to have fun. I like to hang out.
I found strength in what hurt me. And in my family - that's my strength as well. I'm truly grateful to be hurt as many times as I have, because I'm happy!
I've said a lot of things: I've said I'm never going to date someone in the business and that I'm never going to date someone outside the business.
I love to do three easy things in the morning: I'll wash my face, I usually tone it, and then I'll put a little bit of moisturizer on it - not tons, because I have really oily skin. I don't have specific products I'm obsessed with; I just try different things. That's how I've always been.
I love what I do, I can't imagine doing anything else, but ultimately, my goal is to be happy and have a family. That's my life.
It comes in a moment when I capture something happening, and I go, 'Oh, that would be great for Instagram. I should post it.' I know it's boring, but that's genuinely what I do.
If you are broken, you do not have to stay broken.
I'm very emotional. When I went through my first breakup, I thought it was the end of the world, and I thought I was going to die if I didn't have him in my life. It was good to cry it out and just scream, or call my friends in the middle of the night crying.
I love inspiring people, and I love making good music, but I don't stress about it. I don't think I'm ever going to win a Grammy, and I'm OK with that.
I was a big tomboy.
It's all about baby steps and trying to figure out how to slowly, elegantly become an adult.
I wanted to do things that I knew were going to be me.
I talk so much on stage - too much. I always get in trouble. But it's just the best to be able to connect with people.
We only have one life, and it is very precious, and there's a lot we can do, and there's a lot we should do.
I think life is very, very, very hard, and I've never had anything come super easy to me, no matter what people may think.
Sometimes fans for male pop stars or actors can be a little crazy. I was that way with Jesse McCartney and N'Sync.
I think I take my job seriously, but I enjoy my life and I enjoy my friends, and I never really allowed myself to do that before. So I just kind of want to party with everyone.
The guys that do have the confidence to hit on me are not necessarily my type, but they think they are because I'm a pop star; I sing songs, do movies. I like to feel sexy and confident on stage.
I think love is blind. You don't see it; you don't hear what people are saying or what you're saying. You don't see what you're doing. All you see is the person in front of you. That's it.
I don't wash my hair every day, which may sound gross, but it's actually really bad for my hair.
I usually never sleep in past 10, unless it's the weekend and I had a night out with my friends, because I like to start my day.
My happiness is not dictated on this business. Once I realized that, everything kind of changed.
I'm not sure there's a method to my madness.
People are so mean, it's exhausting.
I cannot drive very well. I drive slow and very safe. I don't know cars that well.
For me, my music is fun. I don't really take my music that serious.
There was certain points shooting 'Spring Breakers' where I wasn't uncomfortable at all, and that let me be free. It allowed me to play with what I love, so that's what I wanted to do with my music.
I never know if it's the right choice I'm making. It's always weird going from one place to another.
I don't want people to look at me as someone who is just this celebrity person.
I love running away for a few months and creating a record.
I would deactivate every single comment on any social media. You should be able to post what you want, say what you want, be what you want without anybody judging you.
It'd be really nice to sit down with all the people who have hurt me and tell them all the reasons that they've affected me.
My mom always told me if I love what I'm doing, and I'm having fun, then just continue to do it. But if it's not fun for me anymore, and I'm miserable, then I'm going to go back to Texas and quit it all, to be honest.
People speculate or think what they want to think, but it's been really fun for me to kind of explore what I want to explore.
You want to do what you love, but stuff overshadows it, so it makes it a little harder for people to take me seriously.
I don't like the whole off-and-on thing. I don't like 'taking a break.' Either you're with me, or you're not. And that's how I kind of deal.
At the end of the day, I have to wash my face. I hate going to bed after a long day not washing my face. It's something I've grown into. When I was younger, I didn't care.
I think it's healthy to gain a perspective on who you are deep down, question yourself, and challenge yourself; it's important to do that.
I don't trust anyone... It's something that I have to live with, and I have to find the balance of who I want in my life and who isn't good for me.
