Top 33 Camila Mendes Quotes

My sister would write plays, and I would act in them and perform them for my parents. They were on the comedy side, very much inspired by ‘The Amanda Show.’

I love bossa nova. It’s the most beautiful genre of music in the world.

It’s easy to think you have to fit some kind of mold.

For me, being an ‘American Latina’ means identifying with and being influenced by both my American upbringing and my Latin heritage, and I have so much appreciation for how those two cultures have created who I am.

It took living alone for me to really get to know myself.

In high school, I always had boyfriends – it wasn’t healthy! I was so used to having someone around that when I was finally on my own, it felt scary.

Bullies have a soft spot, and mean girls have a reason to be that way. It’s a matter of understanding why a person is the way they are.

My hair has always been a definitive part of my personal style, so I love being part of a campaign that celebrates hair as a form of expression.

Everyone’s bodies are different, and we all have different shapes, but it has nothing to do with who you are.

I’ve always looked up to Nicole Kidman. I think she’s an elegant and talented actress. You can tell how much she commits to her characters, and I admire that.

It’s fine to eat dessert when I want to eat dessert because that will give me the peace of mind I need. I’ll know that if I ate chocolate cake, maybe I won’t the next day.

If I could go back to before I started ‘Riverdale,’ I would tell myself to speak up when I felt like something wasn’t right – to use my voice and know that it’s worth hearing.

Miami can be super-kitschy at times, and it’s fun to embrace that.

At an early age, somehow we’re programmed to view other females as threats.

Invest in a trainer. You see the progress so quickly, and you push yourself in new ways.

I grew up watching ‘Gossip Girl’ and ‘The O.C.,’ and I looked up to Blair Waldorf and Summer Roberts.

It’s rare that you see Latin families being portrayed as intelligent, sophisticated, and powerful entities.

It was tragic every single time my mom told me we were moving. I would always envy my friends who had grown up in the same house their entire life, and they had markings on the wall of ‘me at five years old’ and all that. It made me so sad. I wished I’d had that.

I often hear things like, ‘You don’t look Latina enough,’ and that mentality is so backwards. The fact is, I am Latina, so how are you going to tell me that I don’t look Latina?

I’m American; I was born and raised in America, and I don’t want to fake who I am to fit a stereotype.

I was really obsessed with dieting.

In high school, I was friends with everybody. I had my core group of friends, but I could flow through different social groups pretty easily.

I feel like I know I have enough friends who support me through those times. Like, I’ll call a friend and be like, ‘I really don’t feel good about what I ate today,’ and she’ll be like, ‘Dude, it’s fine.’

I think from going to fittings once a week and having to look in the mirror for two hours, I feel like I built a intuition for what’s gonna work and what isn’t, and I noticed how important tailoring is, especially being a more petite body type.

I’m not more Brazilian than I am American or vice-versa – I’m very much a combination of all of those things.

Vancouver is more laid-back, pretty much what you would expect from a West Coast city. Miami is definitely livelier – the nightlife, the people, everything. It’s basically a little slice of Latin America.

Rachel Bilson, Nicole Richie, Vanessa Hudgens… so many of my idols growing up were Bongo girls.

In any job you do, you’re going to have off days.

People know what I look like. I take photos on my own, and I don’t edit them, so people know.

I’m a Brazilian – full blood, parents born and raised, and I lived there for a little bit – but I didn’t grow up there.

I’ve learned to trust myself that I’m going to make healthy choices because I care about my health.

I spent a lot of my childhood moving around, so I was constantly adjusting to different environments and finding a new identity.

I have so much appreciation for how those two cultures have created who I am. I’m a full-blooded Brazilian, with an entire extended family of Brazilians, but I was born and raised in the U.S.