Debby Ryan

I didn't grow up in one place, so I never had a certain mentality. I have some aspects of growing up in Texas, but I also have a lot of East Coast family. I would have loved to grow up on the East Coast.

I went to school on a military base in Germany. I got a lot of my clothes at the army surplus store.

All of the awards, applause, Twitter followers, shoes, it will all go away eventually. But if I can leave the world slightly more hopeful, inspired, and more healed than when I arrived, I did my job.

Natalie Portman never looks back, ever. Ever!

I believe that people start to get into trouble when they start to believe their own hype.

I can look back at things I've done and said and worn and be completely humiliated by them, but I can never say it wasn't me. I feel really honored to say that.

I grew up moving around. I went to seven different schools, so I know what it's like to be that new girl and have to not only know who you are but also take that into foreign circumstances and know how to respond.

I'm different, and I'm not afraid to be different.

Hi. My name is Debby, and I am a storyteller. I don't think of myself as an actress. I am more like a face that takes words on a page, and puts them in front of your eyes.

Don't be afraid of your own power.

I'm very practical and realistic.

When you're in an industry where you're forced to grow up so quickly, part of you never grows up, and that's a good thing.