Mandy Moore

Hope is the most exciting thing there is in life.

I like being friends with other women who are supportive of women. I think that is important.

My mom has always been my support system. She taught me to never give up and to keep pursuing my passions no matter what.

I knew I wanted to be an actress as soon as I popped out.

It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.

My first career ambitions involved turning into a boy; I intended to be either a railway guard or a knight errant.