Top 25 Alyson Stoner Quotes

I’ve had a very long career of being conservative.

I’m a thinker and feeler and dreamer and explorer.

Sometimes I get a little confused because with dancing I can express my emotions with my body. With acting you have to do it with your face and your expressions, and then with animated shows you have to use your voice and use your inflections. So it’s definitely a challenge to transfer from each genre of entertainment.

I’m just terrible with watching movies.

No, I’m not in the Illuminati.

To this day, I remember vividly Missy Elliott, Ludacris, and my grandma riding in a golf cart to set. My grandma went back to Ohio and told her bowling friends, ‘Guess what? I was riding to set with Missy and Ridiculous!’

I like to take risks as long as they’re healthy, you know. They’re good, smart risks.

My sound is sort of India Arie meets Colbie Caillat. It’s got a sweet-funk to it.

I find that with dance – and with the arts in general – because I want to grow in my performance, I have to come face to face with my own personal challenges.

I am a pet person. My dog actually lives in Georgia now. But I work with animal trainers and pets quite often. I also volunteer at different places like animal shelters. It’s good to be around pets. They kind of put things into perspective. They’re easygoing, loyal, and they seem to get it, even when humans don’t.

That’s something that I think the best artists retain – the ability to invite you into their small, intimate inner space, and let that be what radiates.

My favorite video to film was ‘Work It’ because it began the incredible road ahead. Missy was protective and thoughtful of us kids, removing us from the mature scenes and using the clean version when we filmed.

I think generationally, as human progress does its thing, we are constantly impressed by the upcoming generation.

Some people in the industry warned me that I’d ruin my career, miss out on possible jobs, and potentially put my life in danger if I ever came out.

I love what I do, and I just remember that every breath and every moment is a gift and it can be taken away at any time, so I want to appreciate it and be grateful for it while it’s here.

The first boy that I had a crush on and dated was Cole Sprouse… from ‘Suite Life.’

I think my favorite role was playing Sarah Baker in ‘Cheaper by the Dozen 1.’ It was my first movie, and I worked with amazing professionals who had such strong work ethics that I immediately learned how to work in this industry.

For all the challenges I’ve faced in my path to self-acceptance, I’ve also traveled it with my own set of luck and privilege.

I like to aim for significance over success because rarely can you be significant and also successful, but many people can be successful and not significant.

I’m very sensitive to the incredibly diverse range of opinions within religious and secular communities, and honestly, I’d appreciate if we focused first on the experiences and dignity of the people.

Being famous as a kid is weird and unhealthy.

I started dancing at the age of three in my hometown of Toledo, Ohio, and it really was my sister’s dream to pursue dance professionally.

I don’t think a young person ever really quite knows what’s going on when their norm becomes going to the grocery store with sunglasses on at 11 years old. It’s kind of weird, and I’ll say it also went to my head the first little season, because that became normal for me.

I’m very serious about what I write and who I allow to produce the music, because I want to make sure it’s a true album, and not just something pushed out there to create hype and more fame for myself.

I may be on set acting, I may be in the studio recording, I might be teaching dance class all in the same day – so how can I manage all of those needs, prepare for all of those things, and still grow and train in all of them? The best you can do is, when you’re focusing on one, be there and be present.