Camila Mendes Quotes
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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.
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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.
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In any job you do, you're going to have off days.
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I'm American; I was born and raised in America, and I don't want to fake who I am to fit a stereotype.
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It took living alone for me to really get to know myself.
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I rewatched 'The O.C.,' like, seven times!
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I use my hair as a tool for portraying characters. When I'm auditioning for a role, when I'm putting myself on tape for something, I always consider what the hairstyle is going to be because it changes the way people perceive me.
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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.'
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At an early age, somehow we're programmed to view other females as threats.
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Rachel Bilson, Nicole Richie, Vanessa Hudgens... so many of my idols growing up were Bongo girls.
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I grew up watching 'Gossip Girl' and 'The O.C.,' and I looked up to Blair Waldorf and Summer Roberts.
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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.
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I was really obsessed with dieting.
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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.
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I love bossa nova. It's the most beautiful genre of music in the world.
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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.
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I connect with my culture through my family. I speak Portuguese to my parents so that I can practice. I stay engaged with my extended family through a lively group chat on WhatsApp. That sense of community and family is the heart of Brazilian culture, and staying engaged with my family is what keeps me connected.
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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.
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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.
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Miami can be super-kitschy at times, and it's fun to embrace that.
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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.
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It's rare that you see Latin families being portrayed as intelligent, sophisticated, and powerful entities.
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It's easy to think you have to fit some kind of mold.
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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.