Quotes By Julianne Hough

I knew if I stayed in London my whole life would be dancing. I'd won almost every major title you can. I thought 'This really isn't my passion. I really want to sing,' and I knew I wouldn't be able to if I stayed there.

My go-to prebikini flat-ab move is the plank, all different types.

I've always had God, but now I want to go back to church for the sense of community and that feeling of positive thinking, a place where I can think about being a better person.

I cannot go to sleep without reading.

I think if you alienate people and just focus on your work then it just becomes lonely and it's not fun anymore.

But trust me, if I lived in the '80s, I would definitely be the one going to the record stores.

Okay, I'll say I would go back in time and bring scientists with me and create a hairspray that would not cause global warming. But it would still give us '80s hair.

If I had been living through the '80s, I probably would've gotten into a lot more trouble than my parents.

I definitely listened to country music. I don't think I listened to hair bands as much as I did Bruce Springsteen and U2 and Aerosmith.

Adrenaline is the reason I do what I do.

I'm very blessed and I don't take anything for granted.

I've experienced a lot for someone my age that a lot of people will be able to relate to.

I try to bring my mascara everywhere because I'm a blonde and you know blondes have really light eyelashes, you always wanna put more and more on 'til they look like spiders, that's just what I do.

It's very cool to be able to say that my first real film was 'Footloose' and my second film I got to star alongside Tom Cruise and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

I'm real, and that what you see is what you get with me. I want people to know that I'm just Julianne. I'm not somebody that needs to be put up on a pedestal.

I had a hard time with bullying. I ate lunch in the bathroom.

Dancing and acting satisfy me in different ways.

Acting is like free therapy! Trying to make people laugh or cry can be inspiring.

My first dance ever on 'Dancing With the Stars' was to 'Let's Hear it for the Boy.'

There was a time when my mum would sew costumes for the dance studio so we could keep doing our classes because we couldn't afford them.

I'm so lucky that I have a great relationship.

I think at the end of the day you have to find a balance with what's really important.

I've always wanted to be like the Hollywood Golden Age actors.

A lot of people don't know this, but when 'Dancing with the Stars' first asked me to be on the show, I said no, because I wanted to act and to be taken seriously.

I'm just taking it one day at a time. Actually, that's a total lie. I always think about what's in front of me.

Sometimes if I have a big enough purse I'll bring my perfume or something. Right now I really like Beaute, it's by Johan B. and it's really nice, so I like that.

It's the oddest match: Mary J. Blige and Julianne Hough! But we became so close.

You have to remember where you came from, and I definitely have enough brothers and sisters to kick me in the butt whenever I get out of line!

Well, I was in the generation of CDs, so when I moved to L.A., I think I probably brought my Shania Twain 'Come on Over' CD and that's about it.

I'd get invited to parties, and instead it would be these abandoned houses.